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Writing On and Offline

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Activity 1: Avoiding Wordiness

Directions: Do you take care to avoid wordiness in your writing? Consult this part of The Elements of Style and answer the following: Do you use any of these common expressions in your writing? Has the phrase "the fact that" crept its way into your writing? Do you overuse "who is" and "which was"?


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Activity 2: Revision

Directions: Look up the word "revise." What do the word's roots literally mean? Do you follow this literal meaning before handing in your papers?







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