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Being Concise and Removing Redundancy

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Chapter 4 contains the following key guidelines:

  • Don’t think that using complex terms will make you sound more intelligent.

  • Write using the simplest most direct terminology.

  • Cut everything that is not essential – this will let your key ideas stand out (be seen) more easily.

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Wallwork, A. (2023). Being Concise and Removing Redundancy. In: English for Writing Research Papers . English for Academic Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31072-0_4

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