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Antonyms
Synonyms
Double Negatives (2 pages)
Using Negatives Correctly
The Right Word (2 pages)
Appropriate Words (2 pages)
Effective Diction (2 pages)
Ways to Avoid “YOU”
Controlling Diction (2 pages)
Formal and Informal (2 pages)
Plain English, Please (2 pages)
More Plain English (2 pages)
An I for an I
Subjunctive Mood – Either/Or and Neither/Nor (2 pages)
Jargon
Lean Writing
Using Standard English (3 pages)
Getting Rid of Wordiness
The Elimination of Unnecessary Words
Improving Your Sentences
Language (3 pages)
Redundancy (2 pages)
Redundant Repetitions
Sentence Surgery: Editing for Concise Expression
Wordiness (2 pages)
Wordiness: Trimming the Fat (2 pages)
Vocabulary Growth (3 pages)
Good Usage (5 pages)
Verbal Tics: Like and As
Using Good and Well
Good and Well (2 pages)
Greek Derivatives (7 pages)
Latin Derivatives



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