Show Colby's Co Take My Word IT Too 00 Often Mar Otherwise Excellent Writing Too l This weeks week's Slip o 0 the Tongue Tongue Tongue Ton Ton- gue gue- gueThe The brothers are both alike No The sentence is redundant redundant redundant re re- for the wor word both Is superfluous s. s B Better say The brothers are alike The Th Greek word for redundancy cy is pleonasm meaning literally literally literally liter liter- ally too Much otherwise otherwise otherwise oth oth- good writing Is marred by pleonastic phrases ses using two or more words when one is sufficient Wrong Will WUl you please repeat repeat repeat re re- peat that over again 1 Right Will you please repeat that Wrong After a brief brief- pause he continued to go on on Right After a brief pause he continued con con- Wrong He entered Into the room room Right He entered the room Wrong Please refer back to chapter three Right Please refer to chapter three Wrong Each and every one of you must attend Right Each of you or everyone of you must must attend Wrong It It is la an actual fact No All facts are actual and all an actualities are facts Right It Itis is a fact Wrong We shall try an experiment experiment ex ex- No All experiments are trials Rif Right ht We shall shan make an experiment Wrong Miss Blank sang The Rosary as a vocal solo The Right Miss Blank sang Rosary v J fa faU U r Writers should be on the alert against such redundancies as In any shape and form present incumbent female waitress naval warship victorious conqueror conqueror conqueror con con- united In marriage and countless other pleonasms that are are re likely to creep Into serious writing later to toy t confound the unhappy author Be a forceful convincing sp speaker aker My free pamphlet contains contains contains con con- many helpful pointers Send a a. stamped self ad dressed envelope to Frank Colby Colby Colby Col Col- by in care of The Tribune- Tribune Telegram Ask for Public lic Speaking Speaking Speaking Speak Speak- ing pamphlet Ancient Conscription third One of the bodied able-bodied men in the entire Chinese empire were conscripted by Emperor Shih Hwang Ti Tl to help build the Great Wall |