Dip in to this list anywhere, and give your inner editor’s funny bone a tickle. Take “hurriedly scurried.” Or “moral high horse.” Or “live studio audience.” “Old codgers.” “Old coots.” “Old fossils.” “Old ruins.” “Commonly available general knowledge that anyone would know.” I don’t make this stuff up. Bonus: Smiling at redundant phrases sharpens your writing. Warning: These things are addictive. Continue reading
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Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 47 [writing/editing game]

How would you tighten this week’s Challenge Sentence? “When the do-hickey input is connected through external whatz-its that, when opened, whatz-itize the neutral or when…” Continue reading