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Wordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness List
URL: http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html

Description:
"Keep the good stuff, and get rid of the useless clutter that's been hanging around in your writing. Clean up your act" is the advice of English professor Kim Blank. He has a few tips and a chart, "If You've Written This...You Should Have Written This...," to help tighten up your writing.

Author:
Blank, G. Kim

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Authorship
English language -- Rhetoric
English language -- Usage

LII Database Information:
Record 4033 created by Martha Gifford on 10/30/2002
Last modification on 04/17/2003
Published: 10/30/2002  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4033