1、Examples of Poor WritingThe following is a list of the most wanted culprits. The “deadwood“ is in bold; use the suggested term instead.a majority of - mosta sufficient amount of - enoughaccording to our data - we findaccordingly - therefore, soafter the conclusion of - afteralong the lines of - like
2、as is the case - as is trueascertain the location of - findat such time as - whenat the present time - nowat this point in time - nowbe deficient in - lackbe in a position to - can, be ableby a factor of two - two times, double, twiceby means of - bycome to a conclusion - concludedespite the fact th
3、at - althoughdue to the fact that - becauseduring the time that - whileequally as well - as well, equally wellfewer in number - fewerfor the purpose of - to, forfor the reason that - becausefor this reason - thus, thereforegive consideration to - consider, examinegive indication of - show, indicate,
4、 suggesthappen(s) to be - am/is/arehas been proved to be - isif conditions are such that - ifin a number of - several, manyin all cases - alwaysin case - ifin close proximity to - nearin excess of - more thanin large measure - largelyin many cases - oftenin most cases - usuallyin no case - neverin o
5、rder that - so thatin order to - toin some cases - sometimesin terms of - inin the amount of - forin the case of - forin the event that - ifin the field of - inin the near future - soonin the neighborhood of - near, about, nearlyin the vicinity of - nearin this case - herein view of the fact that -
6、because, sinceis capable of - canis found to be - isis in a position to - canit has been found that - (nothing)it has long been known that - (nothing)it is a fact that - (nothing)it is evident that - (nothing)it is interesting to note that - note thatit is noted that - (nothing)it is our opinion tha
7、t - we thinkit is possible that - perhapsit is well known that - (nothing)it may be said that - (nothing)make inquiry regarding - ask about, inquire aboutmanner in which - hownot with standing the fact that - althoughon the basis of - from, because, byon the order of - about, approximatelypresent in
8、 greater abundance - more abundantprior to - beforeprovided that - ifput an end to - endreach a conclusion - concludeserves the function of being - issubsequent to - afterthe question as to - whetherthere can be little doubt that - probablyutilize or utilization - usewith reference to - aboutwith the exception that - except thatDeadwood is also found in excessively wordy writing. In other words, where writers use two or three words when one will suffice.
