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Don’t use:
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meaningless abstract words
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meaningless descriptive words
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unnecessary introductory phrases
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unnecessary link words
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references to earlier unspecified parts of the document (examples: as mentioned above, as already stated). Remember that the reader will not read your document starting at page 1 and finishing at page 100
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Wallwork, A. (2014). AVOIDING REDUNDANCY AND LONG SENTENCES. In: User Guides, Manuals, and Technical Writing. Guides to Professional English. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0641-3_9
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