GSC Guide to Authors
Verbosity
Avoid verbosity, the use of two or more words where one will do. Verbosity
leads to redundancy, two technical terms for which are pleonism and
tautology.
Pleonism
This is the use of more words than are required to give the sense intended:
The shale is red.
not The shale is red in colour.
Because
not Owing to the fact that
Now
not At this point in time
Near
not In the vicinity of or In close proximity to
Tautology
Tautology is the repetition of an idea in different words:
free gifts
past history
future prospects
present time
Gondwanaland (Gondwana means 'land of the Gonds')
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