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Cut the overlap
Because we figure out what we think by writing, we often repeat ourselves as we get closer to the best version of our ideas. Combine sentences and shorten it!
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Just do it
Your readers don’t necessarily need to follow the journey you took while you were drafting the document. They just need to know where you ended up.
Example:
I want to point out that our current staffing pro...
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Delete words that don’t add anything to your sentence
We’re (literally) so used to (just) writing these words we may (actually) find that our writing sounds (totally) odd without them. But (generally) once you get in the habit of cutting these words, you (really) won’t miss them.
If one of these words is essential to the meaning of your senten...
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