List of Redundant Expressions in Business Writing

WritingSkills.my.id - The following table contains a list of wordy or redundant words which hopefully can help business letter writers solv...

WritingSkills.my.id - The following table contains a list of wordy or redundant words which hopefully can help business letter writers solve the redundancy problem in business writing.

List of Redundant Expressions:

Redundant Expressions	Substituting Expressions
and et cetera	et cetera
as a result of	because
as otherwise	otherwise
at about	about
attached hereto	attached
at this point in time	at this time; now
avail oneself to	use
be of the opinion	believe
both alike	alike
both together	together
check into	check
connect up	connect
continue on	continue
cooperate together	cooperate
customary practice	practice
during the time that	while
each and every	each; every
enclosed herewith	enclosed
enter into	enter
forward by post	mail
free gift	gift
have a tendency to	tend to
in many instances	often
in spite of the fact that	although
in the amount of	for
in the event that	if
in the matter of	about
in the process of being	being
in this day and age	nowadays
inform of the reason	tell why
is of the opinion	believes
letter under date of	letter of
letter with regard to	letter about
new beginner	beginner
on account of the fact that	because
owing to the fact that	because; since
past experience	experience
place emphasis on	emphasize
place an order for	order
repeat again	repeat
same identical	identical
send an answer	reply
up above	above
whether or not	whether
write your name	sign
at a later date	later
at the present time	now
for the purpose of	for
have no alternative but	must
in addition to	besides, as well as, also
in order to	to
in relation to	about, in, with, towards, to
on a regular basis	regularly

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