Given the fact that most email are relatively brief, a significant amount of repetitive words occur. Many times these duplications happen when an email sender's primary language is not English. Below are some of the most common. If the reader goes through these several times, it will greatly reduce this happening and result in clearer, more concise communication! Any suggestion for adding others not mentioned here, would be appreciated.
Redundant Pairs
Most email writers cannot avoid using redundant pairs and this is a common mistake made even in brief messages. Some generic examples of these include:
· past remembrances
· basic fundamentals
· true facts
· honest truth
· terrible tragedy
· final outcome
· unexpected surprise
· past history
· future plans
· boundary line
There are many, many more of these and the best way to reduce their usage is to maintain good Netiquette in messages and to edit text before sending.
Redundant Categories
Email senders can reduce verbosity by being mindful to avoid descriptions which are not necessary.
large in size
often times
of a bright color
heavy in weight
period in time
round in shape
at an early time
economic field
of cheap quality
in a confused state
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