In the previous post in this series on Becoming a Better Writer, I explained the importance of tightening your writing. One of the easiest ways to do that, is to cut words you don’t need anyway.
There are a few notorious words that you can often cut or rewrite without changing the meaning of your sentence. Often you even strengthen your writing as an added bonus, since you’re becoming more precise.
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