A character would use redundancies in conversation. Few speak that formally.
Search for them all. Choose which ones to keep and which to kill.
Cutting some of them feels like amputating a limb.
Yes, this rule is frequently broken . You will find redundancies everywhere. You decide.
Here is a short list to get you started:
- absolutely essential
- absolutely perfect
- absolutely positive
- actual fact
- advance forward
- advance planning
- advance preview
- advance reservations
- advance warning
- add an additional
- add up
- added bonus
- affirmative yes
- aid and abet
- all-time record
- alternative choice
- A.M. in the morning
- and etc.
- anonymous stranger
- annual anniversary
- armed gunman
- artificial prosthesis
- ascend up
- ask the question
- assemble together
- attach together
- ATM machine
- autobiography of his/her own life
REVISION TIPS
? Do a search using [Control] [F] for
redundant words. Eliminate one of the redundant words.
? If you keep a redundancy, use it sparingly and for effect.
? If you disagree with this rule,
ignore it. Make sure your editor and agent feel the same way.
For a larger list of some common redundancies and other revision layers, pick up a copy of:
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