From the course: Writing with Flair: How to Become an Exceptional Writer
More implied words: Exercises
From the course: Writing with Flair: How to Become an Exceptional Writer
More implied words: Exercises
- Now try making this sentence a bit tighter. He vowed to carry out an investigation of the criminal gang's activities. An investigation is always carried out, isn't it? He vowed to investigate the criminal gang's activities. It's implied. Did you spot the implied word that's still left in there, though? Activities. If you're investigating a criminal gang, what else would you be investigating other than its activities, right? So you could say: He vowed to investigate the criminal gang. Now, it's not that the first version is wrong or anything. It's just not efficient. We often use implied words unconsciously as well when we're kind of trying to describe something. The room was quite dark and dimly lit. Well, quite dark, a quite dark room doesn't have to be dimly lit, but a dimly lit room would have to be quite dark, wouldn't it? So you want to think about stuff like that. And this one: Nokia continues to maintain a close watch on regulatory developments. The word maintain implies continuity already, so to maintain means to keep on with something, right, which basically means to continue. So you could say: Nokia continues to watch regulatory developments. So don't let implied words slip through the net of your awareness. Some invariably will slip through, but just do your best to catch them.
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The beauty of simplicity1m 29s
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Fancy, flowery, and official language6m 16s
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Fancy, flowery, and official language: Exercises2m 24s
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Economical ("tight") writing1m 43s
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Economical ("tight") writing: Exercises5m 53s
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Redundant words51s
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Redundant words: Exercises1m 37s
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More implied words57s
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Long words3m 3s
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Long words: Exercises4m 56s
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Careless repetition3m 31s
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Careless repetition: Exercises8m 21s
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Rambling (saying too much)4m 48s
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Double negatives3m 35s
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Multiply entities2m 47s
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Unnecessary ceremony2m 53s
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Unnecessary ceremony: Exercises3m 39s
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