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Sentence Skills, Form A book cover
Sentence Skills, Form A, 7/e
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
Effective Word Choice

Learning Objectives

This chapter will help you develop the habits of selecting words that are appropriate and exact for your purposes and avoiding:

1

slang

2

clichés

3

pretentious words

4

wordiness








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