Showing posts with label Double talk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Double talk. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Grammar: Double Talk Over and Over Again


Each and every writer in the whole wide world, really truly have the problem of double talking over and over in their writing. The reason is because writers first start writing as beginners and the end result is double talk.

In conversation we double talk a lot, so if we write how we speak...



What are some common usages?

first time ever
return again
completely destroyed
revert back
usual customs
rock back and forth
month of June
advance warning
true fact
rarely ever
important essentials
tuna fish
free gift
small in size
red in color
few in number
regular routine

Sometimes it's difficult to catch these problems because we use them so often it becomes normal. But, when editing, look for these redundancies.