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  1. Eliminate redundant pairs

When the first word in a pair has roughly the same meaning as the second, choose one.

  1. Delete unnecessary qualifiers

Remove qualifiers that really aren’t necessary (such as “really” in this sentence).

  1. Identify and reduce prepositional phrases

Overuse of prepositional phrases (which begin with words like “in,” “for,” “at,” “on,” “through,” and “over”) can make a sentence clunky and unclear.

  1. Locate and delete unnecessary modifiers

Sometimes the meaning of a word or phrase implies its modifier, making it unnecessary.

  1. Replace a phrase with a word

Many commonly-used phrases can be replaced with single words without sacrificing meaning.

  1. Identify negatives and change them to affirmatives

Expressing ideas in negative form means you must use an extra word.

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