Timeline for How can I avoid overuse of words like "however" and "therefore" in academic writing?
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| Dec 2, 2020 at 16:31 | comment | added | lighthouse keeper | The example in the first paragraph is really cool (+1), but note that both of your examples from OP's question are actually about replacing rather than pruning. Sometimes there is no way of pruning without compromising on clarity. | |
| Dec 2, 2020 at 16:28 | comment | added | paul garrett | I'd heartily agree with the idea of trying out dropping these "connectors" entirely. The prose itself has a direction. Unless you start a new paragraph, most readers would (reasonably) assume that the next sentence follows in some way from the previous... | |
| Dec 2, 2020 at 15:31 | history | edited | 2cents | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added excercise for more aggressive pruning. And headers for organization
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| Dec 2, 2020 at 15:16 | history | answered | 2cents | CC BY-SA 4.0 |