💠 Brevity (writing) 💠

Benefits➕:
💬 Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
💠 Avoid redundancies in your writing ;
👁 Keep your reader's attention by writing more directly .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentence and remove (an) unnecessary word(-s) to make the sentence more concise. All or part of the selection can be removed without changing the sentence's meaning.

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❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

1️⃣ I scheduled the meeting with a view to discuss streamlining office processes.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ...with a view... > .
TIP: With a view to means "with the intent". Scheduled the meeting to discuss states the intent, so with a view is unnecessary.

✔️ I scheduled the meeting with a view to discuss streamlining office processes.

2️⃣ Shared interests often unite together people of different backgrounds.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... together ... >.
TIP: Unite means "combine as one group", and together means "with each other".

✔️ Shared interests often unite together people of different backgrounds.

3️⃣ The news follows after his favourite programme.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... after ... > .
TIP: Follows means "come after", so the word after is unnecessary.

✔️ The news follows after his favourite programme.

4️⃣ The traveller's guide spelled out in detail how to use the city's subway.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... in detail ... > .
TIP: Spelled out means "explained with details", so in detail is unnecessary.

✅ The traveller's guide spelled out in detail how to use the city's subway.

5️⃣ Corruption cancels out any good a politician does.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... out ... > .
TIP: Both cancels and cancels out mean "offset", so the word out is unnecessary.

✔️ Corruption cancels out any good a politician does.

6️⃣ People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder develop persistent obsessions.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... persistent ... > .
TIP: An obsession is a persistent preoccupation, so describing it as persistent is unnecessary.

✔️ People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder develop persistent obsessions.

7️⃣ Are you going to a restaurant or to her house?

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) second < ... to ... > .
TIP: The act of going to a place applies to both a restaurant and her house, so it is unnecessary to repeat the word to.

✔️ Are you going to a restaurant or to her house?

8️⃣ The cacophony of sound in the crowded auditorium made it difficult to hear the speaker.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... of sound ... > .
TIP: A cacophony is "a harsh sound", so including of sound is unnecessary.

✔️ The cacophony of sound in the crowded auditorium made it difficult to hear the speaker.

9️⃣ The meteorologist said it might possibly rain tomorrow.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... possibly ... > .
TIP: Might means "the possibility that something will happen", so the adverb possibly is unnecessary.

✔️ The meteorologist said it might possibly rain tomorrow.

🔟 Please describe characteristic features of the artwork.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... characteristic ... > .
TIP: Characteristic means "typical of a person, place, or thing", and features are "distinctive attributes of something".

✔️ The stage lights emphasized the actor's characteristic features.

📓 Clarity (writing) 📓

Benefits➕:
🗨✔️ Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
👥✔️ Use more direct phrases to avoid misunderstanding .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Replace a wordy phrase to make the sentence as brief as possible.

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