tailieunhanh - The complete idiot guide part 32

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the complete idiot guide part 32', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter 22 Conciseness The Department of Redundancy Department 293 Wordy Better weather event snow rain and so on it is believed by many that many believe experience some discomfort hurt in order to to making an effort to trying to completely surrounded on all sides surrounded reiterated over and over again repeated Following are 8 wordy phrases that should just be stricken from your writing much as you destroy the pictures of your old flame when you find a new love. You did destroy those photos didn t you Dead air 1. the point I am trying to make 2. as a matter of fact 3. in a very real sense 4. in light of the fact that 5. in the case of 6. that is to say 7. to get to the point 8. what I mean to say Wordy In fact the luncheonette that was situated in the local area was in a very real sense the heart of the neighborhood. Better The luncheonette was the heart of the neighborhood. Take a second and slice the deadwood from the following sentences. Each refers to an actual law still on the books in some . cities. They prove why we need more lawyers. 1. It is a true fact that in Tennessee it s illegal to shoot any game for the purpose of harming them other than whales from a moving automobile. 294 Part 5 Style All the Write Stuff 2. What I mean to say is that in Boston it is illegal to hold frog-jumping contests in nightclubs. 3. At this point in time it is still illegal to drive more than 2 000 sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time. 4. It is a true fact that in Devon Connecticut it is unlawful to walk backward in a reverse direction after sunset when the sun has already set. 5. It is the honest truth that horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in a very real sense in Marshalltown Iowa. Answers 1. In Tennessee it s illegal to shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile. 2. In Boston it is illegal to hold frog-jumping contests in nightclubs. 3. It is still illegal to drive more than 2 000 sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time. 4. In Devon .