“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.” That quote from Truman Capote still rings true today. Cutting extra words is always a good practice. Here’s another list of superfluous words to banish:
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enclosed herein
dwindle down
fellow classmates
over-exaggerate
circle around
irregardless
old cliché
cacophony of sound
never before
past experience
empty out
PIN number
revert back
visible to the eye
live witness
sum total
close scrutiny
oblong in shape
former graduate
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