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from It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences by June Casagrande
Keeping the blubber out of your sentences is no easy feat. Fatty prose sneaks into writing in many ways. It can take the form of an unnecessary adverb, a ridiculous redundancy, a self-conscious over-explaining, a cliché, or jargon. You should develop the habit of always considering whether your sentence would be better if you chopped out or swapped out a word, phrase, or clause. Develop the habit of considering whether each sentence is itself an asset or a liability. (Casagrande, 2010, p. 135)
Reference: Casagrande, J. (2010). It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences. New York: Ten Speed Press. |