Eliminating Wordiness

Wordiness refers to the habit of loading one’s writing with words that don’t contribute to the purpose or meaning of one’s message. Why do people resort to wordiness? Some resort to wordiness because they’ve been assigned a 500-word paper, but have only 200 words worth of ideas about the topic. Hence, the extra words to satisfy the word count.

When writers  are not sure what they’re talking about, they try to cover their inadequacies with words. Most readers, however, recognize the ploy. Writers who rely on verbosity lose credibility with their readers.

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Some writers are wordy without realizing it. They employ stock phrases without considering whether or not they add meaning to our sentences. Below are some examples. Wordiness is a problem that should be corrected when revising. Mark out thosemeaningless or repetitive phrases.
The Western style of academic and business writing requires you to

(a) state ideas directly and clearly, and

(b) use as few words as possible to get the point across.

Don’t use more words than you have to:
in this day and age = today
at this point in time = now

Don’t say the same thing twice:
in the month of November = in November
yellow in color = yellow

Don’t use words that don’t add meaning:
The fact of the matter is that I’m tired = I’m tired

WORDY CONCISE
an unexpected surprise ---------------------------------------- a surprise
at that point in time ---------------------------------------------then
due to the fact that ----------------------------------------------because
end result-----------------------------------------------------------result
past history-------------------------------------------------------- history
He is a person who can be trusted -------------------------- He can be trusted.
in order to---------------------------------------------------------- to
the field of computer science---------------------------------- computer science
There are many teens who smoke.---------------------------Many teens smoke.
two different kinds----------------------------------------------- two kinds
refer back to------------------------------------------------------- refer to
surrounded on all sides----------------------------------------- surrounded
There is no doubt that he lost. --------------------------------  No doubt he lost.

Unless you know that you are a very succinct drafter, you should plan to cut your wordageby 20% in your first revision of each paper. Read through your work and find places to cut repetitions and unnecessary wording.

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