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Proactive disclosure Print version   | |  GSC Guide to Authors Verbosity
Grammar 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. PleonismThis 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 TautologyTautology 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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