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B6C
Unnecessary Words (Examples)
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Avoid using redundant (repetitive) or otherwise unnecessary
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words.
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Only a noun or pronoun (not both) is used as a subject.
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Incorrect:
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Marnie she had a lovely coat.
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(Uses both noun and pronoun as subject)
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Marnie had a lovely coat.
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She had a lovely coat.
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The word
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like
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is often unnecessary.
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It's like beautiful!
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Correct:
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It's beautiful!
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Only one negative word is used to state a negative idea.
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We don't have no bananas.
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We don't have any bananas.
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We have no bananas.
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The words
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hardly
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and
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scarcely
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are considered negative
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words and should not be used with other negatives.
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We have hardly no bananas.
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We have hardly any bananas.
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We have no bananas.
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