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Table 7.2
Examples of
redundant or wordy
expressions
Wordy
Concise
Adding together
Adding
After the end of
After
In the region of
Approximately
Cancel out
Cancel
Conflated together
Conflated
Let us now consider
Consider
Cooperate together
Cooperate
Currently …today
Currently …
Divided up
Divided
Give a description of
Describe
During the course of
During
Totally eliminated
Eliminated
Of fast speed
Fast
First of all
First
For the purpose of
For
Free up
Free
In view of the fact
Given
Joined up
Joined
Of large size
Large
Semantic meaning
Meaning
Merged together
Merged
The vast majority of
Most
It is frequently the case that
Often
Completely optimized
Optimized
Separate into partitions
Partition
At a fast rate
Quickly
Completely random
Random
Reason why
Reason
A number of
Several
Such as … etc.
Such as …
Completely unique
Unique
In the majority of cases
Usually
Whether or not
Whether
It is a fact that
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Plurals
A common problem in English for writers educated in another language is agreement
of plurals—a plural noun can require a differently formed verb to that required by
a singular noun. For example, “a parser checks syntax” whereas “compilers check
programs”. Simple errors such as “the instructions is” are easy to identify, but care
