NSU Style Manual and Publications Service Guide

40 Below are some examples of common cliches, wordy phrases, and redundancies and how to avoid them. To Avoid Cliches and Wordy Phrases .............................................................. Use Natural Language A total of five students ............................................................................................ Five students As a result of ............................................................................................................. Because At a later date ........................................................................................................... Later At the present time .................................................................................................. Now At this point in time ................................................................................................ Now Due to the fact that .................................................................................................. Since/Because During the time that ................................................................................................ While Enclosed please find ................................................................................................. I’m enclosing Entitled ..................................................................................................................... Titled Following .................................................................................................................. After For the purpose of ..................................................................................................... For Formulate .................................................................................................................. Make In accordance with ................................................................................................... Since In all cases ................................................................................................................. Always In compliance with your request ............................................................................. As you requested In order to ................................................................................................................. To In regard to ............................................................................................................... About In the amount of ...................................................................................................... For In the event that ...................................................................................................... If In the majority of instances ..................................................................................... Usually In the near future ..................................................................................................... Soon Of the opinion that .................................................................................................. Believe/Think On a daily basis.......................................................................................................... Daily Prior to ...................................................................................................................... Before Subsequent to ........................................................................................................... After Utilize ........................................................................................................................ Use With the exception of .............................................................................................. Except To Avoid Redundancies . ..................................................................................... Use 7:00 in the morning ................................................................................................. 7:00 a.m. Absolutely essential .................................................................................................. Essential Advanced planning .................................................................................................. Planning Biography of his/her life ........................................................................................... Biography Blue in color ............................................................................................................. Blue Carefully scrutinize ................................................................................................... Scrutinize Complete monopoly ................................................................................................ Monopoly Consensus of opinion ............................................................................................... Consensus Entirely eliminated ................................................................................................... Eliminated Few in number .......................................................................................................... Few Free gift ..................................................................................................................... Gift New innovations ...................................................................................................... Innovations One and the same .................................................................................................... The same Past experience ......................................................................................................... Experience Past history ................................................................................................................ History Personal opinion ....................................................................................................... Opinion Plan for the future .................................................................................................... Plan Postpone until later .................................................................................................. Postpone Refer back ................................................................................................................. Refer Small in size .............................................................................................................. Small Study in depth .......................................................................................................... Study Surrounded on all sides ............................................................................................ Surrounded Very/really/extremely unique ................................................................................... Unique Visible to the eye ...................................................................................................... Visible Using Concise Language

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