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helping and giving us chance to finish this assignment timely and I would like to
say thank you to the lecturers that always teaches us and give much knowledge
about how to practice English well.
Hopefully, this paper can help the readers to expand their knowledge about
modern novel.
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LIST OF CONTENTS
PREFACE................................................................................................ 1
CHAPTER I:
Introduction .…………………………………………………………….……… 3
CHAPTER II:
DISCUSSION
A. Definition ………………………………..………………………….…. 4
B. Common types of Example…………………………………………...... 4
C. How to Eliminated Unnecessary Word or Phrases……………….......... 5
D. Kinds of Unnecessary Word……………………………………………. 5
CHAPTER III:
CLOSING
A. Conclusion. ...................................................................................... 15
REFERENCE ………............................................................................... 16
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
There are rules to follow to make a proper sentence in English. You learn what
words must be used to make a sentence. You learn how to add words to make
sentences express more detail. You learn when each type of word can and cannot
be used. It is not easy to understand all the rules, or to remember them all. So
mistakes are sometimes made when creating sentences. One common type of error
is to use too many words. The extra word may be an article, a verb, a pronoun, a
preposition, an adjective, a conjunction, or an entire phrase. Using words with the
same meaning in one sentence is another kind of unnecessary word error.
Sometimes a sentence can be written with less words if the word order is changed.
In this section, you will need to use all of your knowledge of grammar. Read
through the question. Decide if each answer choice MUST be in that sentence to
make it work.
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CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION
A. Definition
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C. How to eliminated unnecessary words or phrases
o Over use of adverbs: She carefully and quietly walked through the
room.
o Revised: She crept through the room.
Remove redundant modifiers; overuse clutters the writing and distracts
the reader.
o Overuse of modifiers: The business capitalists, who focus on
domestic interests, only really invest in American groups.
o Revised: The business capitalists rarely invest in international
groups.
a. Unnecessary prepositions
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Example :
Enter (= go into).
Don't say : We entered into the classroom.
Say : We entered the classroom.
(Note: We enter into a conversation, a debate, or a discussion)
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Tell (= say to).
Don't say : I told to him to come at once.
Say : I told him to come at once.
b. Unnecessary articles
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7. With names of colours:
Blue is my favourite colour.
The blue in that picture has faded.
Example :
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(Note. If the name ends m an s or x or is difficult to pronounce
with the extra syllable's we omit the final sMaria Callas' voice is
divine.)
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Wrong use of the with names of colours.
Don't say : The green is a beautiful colour.
Say : Green is a beautiful colour.
Note :Dont use t he definite article before the names of colours
when used as nouns.
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To go to church means to go and pray, while to go to the
church means to go and visit the church.
Note : Similarly, distinguish between go to bed and go to the bed ,
go to prison and go to the prison, go to market and go to the
market, go to hospital and go to the hospital, sit at table and sit at
the table.
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c. Use of the infinitive
Mistakes are frequently made by using the infinitive without to after
the following verbs, which do not require it.
Can + infinitive without to.
Don't say : My mother can to swim very well.
Say : My mother can swim very well.
Note : Always write the negative form cannot as one word.
Alternatively, the short form can't can be used informally.
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Hear + infinitive without to.
Don't say : We heard him to speak in English.
Say : We heard him speak in English.
Note We heard him speaking in English is also correct
d. Miscellaneous
Wrong repetition of subject.
Don't say : My little brother he is at school,
Say : Mylittle brother is at school.
Note : Never repeat the subject by using a pronoun after the noun
My little brother, and he denote the same person Therefore, use
one or the other as sub|ect,but not both.
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Don't use a personal pronoun as well as a relative in the relative
clause if theyboth refer to the same noun In the first sentence both
which and it refer to book.
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CHAPTER III
CLOSING
CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES
https://www.testden.com/toeic/grammar-unnecessary-words.html
https://writingcommons.org/hapters/style/description/536-eliminate-unnecessary-
words.html
http://speakspeak.com/about-english/words-you-dont-need.html
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