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Reed Esau
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ overuse, at least according to usage experts.
For example, if _wordy_ highlights `moreover` in your document, a word for
which no good usage exists, you should consider a rewrite to eliminate it.
But if it highlights `therefore` in a sentence where you can demonstrate
But if _wordy_ highlights `therefore` in a sentence where you can demonstrate
the usage is sound, you can elect to keep it —_wordy_ be damned.
## Why _wordy_?
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ software installation or transmission of your work to a remote server for
checking.
_wordy_ stands ready as a simple alternative to these comprehensive tools,
focusing narrowly on identifying potential problems. To compensate for
_wordy_’s bare-bones approach, it’s best used in concert with the
literature on usage (Strunk and White, e.g.).
focusing narrowly on identifying potential problems that might otherwise
be missed. To compensate for _wordy_’s bare-bones approach, it’s best used
in concert with the literature on usage (Strunk and White, e.g.).
## Requirements
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Press ENTER or type command to continue
```
As instructed, press the enter key and it will disturb you no longer, at
least until it needs to build again.
least until _wordy_ feels the urge to build again.
## Commands
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ beneath our verbs and tearing at the foundations of our nouns, watering
down the very points that we are trying to drive home.
* “I _got_ up and _went_ to work.” (weak)
* “I awoke and drove to work.” (better)
* “I awoke and walked to work.” (better)
We diminish the weight of our ideas by adding modifiers and fillers.
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ targeted by _ProblemWordy_.
Instead of puffery, demonstrate through details.
* “The Empire State Building is _breathtakingly_ tall.” (puffery)
* “My ears popped several times during the rapid elevator ride to the 80th
* “My ears popped several times during the rapid ascent to the 80th
floor.” (better)
### Manipulative language
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ where none has been earned.
* “discounted up to 50% off”
* “most voters feel that my opponent can’t be trusted”
Assuming that you’re not consciously trying to manipulate others, you will
seek to purge such loaded language from your writing.
Assuming that you’re not intentionally trying to manipulate others, you
will seek to purge such loaded language from your writing.
### To be and the passive voice