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Tips for editing yourself:
Tips for editing yourself:


* Remove 'that is'
* Remove 'that are'


==Word Choice==
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==Word Removal==
Search for these words and remove them, especially when they begin sentences:
Search for these words and remove them, especially when they begin sentences:
* But
* But
* Indeed
* Indeed
* Likewise
* Likewise
* 'That is'
* 'That are'
* Many. Unquantified language rarely adds information, such as "many people are saying that the sky is blue today." What does "many" mean in this context?
* Interesting. Interesting is a comment on what interests the writer, not the reader. It is a subjective quantifier, not an objective one.

Latest revision as of 07:00, 5 December 2020

Tips for editing yourself:


Word Choice

Don't say this Say This
hash code hash value

Word Removal

Search for these words and remove them, especially when they begin sentences:

  • But
  • Indeed
  • Likewise
  • 'That is'
  • 'That are'
  • Many. Unquantified language rarely adds information, such as "many people are saying that the sky is blue today." What does "many" mean in this context?
  • Interesting. Interesting is a comment on what interests the writer, not the reader. It is a subjective quantifier, not an objective one.