Redundancies and Wordy Phrases

SOME COMMON REDUNDANCIES Avoid the italicized words (in parentheses). They just repeat; they don't add any useful new meaning.
(absolute) guarantee (absolutely) essential (absolutely) sure (actual) experience add (an additional) (advance) planning (advance) reservations (advance) warning all meet (together) (as) for example ask (a question) at (the) present (time) (basic) fundamentals came (at a time) when (close) proximity (close) scrutiny collaborate (together) (completely) filled consensus (of opinion) (definite) decision (difficult) dilemma (direct) confrontation during (the course of) (end) result enter (in) estimated at (about) estimated (roughly) (false)pretenses few (in number)	filled (to capacity) (first) began for (a period of) 10 days (foreign) imports forever (and ever) (free) gift (invited) guests join (together) (major) breakthrough merged (together) (new) beginning (past) history (past) records plan (ahead) (possibly) might postpone (until later) protest (against) repeat (again) same (identical) since (the time when) spell out (in detail) (still) remains (suddenly) exploded (therapeutic) treatment 2 a.m. (in the morning) (unexpected) surprise (unintentional) mistake (usual) custom written (down)
Wordy Phrases with One-word Alternatives: Some Common Examples
WORDY PHRASE at all times at the present time at that point in time beyond a shadow of a doubt due to the fact that for the purpose of in connection with in most instances in order to in some instances in spite of the fact that in the event that on an everyday basis on a daily basis subsequent to the reason is because	SHORTER (and BETTER) ALTERNATIVE always now then certainly because for with usually to sometimes although if routinely daily after because
Wordy Phrases That Can Generally Be Left Out Completely: Some Common Examples
all things considered as a matter of fact as far as I'm concerned for all intents and purposes in the final analysis it is a fact that it is clear that it seems that the point I am trying to make is

SOME COMMON REDUNDANCIES

Avoid the italicized words (in parentheses).
They just repeat; they don't add any useful new meaning.

(absolute) guarantee

(absolutely) essential

(absolutely) sure

(actual) experience

add (an additional)

(advance) planning

(advance) reservations

(advance) warning

all meet (together)

(as) for example

ask (a question)

at (the) present (time)

(basic) fundamentals

came (at a time) when

(close) proximity

(close) scrutiny

collaborate (together)

(completely) filled

consensus (of opinion)

(definite) decision

(difficult) dilemma

(direct) confrontation

during (the course of)

(end) result

enter (in)

estimated at (about)

estimated (roughly)

(false)pretenses

few (in number)

filled (to capacity)

(first) began

for (a period of) 10 days

(foreign) imports

forever (and ever)

(free) gift

(invited) guests

join (together)

(major) breakthrough

merged (together)

(new) beginning

(past) history

(past) records

plan (ahead)

(possibly) might

postpone (until later)

protest (against)

repeat (again)

same (identical)

since (the time when)

spell out (in detail)

(still) remains

(suddenly) exploded

(therapeutic) treatment

2 a.m. (in the morning)

(unexpected) surprise

(unintentional) mistake

(usual) custom

written (down)

Wordy Phrases with One-word Alternatives: Some Common Examples

WORDY PHRASE

at all times

at the present time

at that point in time

beyond a shadow of a doubt

due to the fact that

for the purpose of

in connection with

in most instances

in order to

in some instances

in spite of the fact that

in the event that

on an everyday basis

on a daily basis

subsequent to

the reason is because

SHORTER (and BETTER) ALTERNATIVE

always

now

then

certainly

because

for

with

usually

to

sometimes

although

if

routinely

daily

after

because

Wordy Phrases That Can Generally Be Left Out Completely: Some Common Examples

all things considered

as a matter of fact

as far as I'm concerned

for all intents and purposes

in the final analysis

it is a fact that

it is clear that

it seems that

the point I am trying to make is

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