How to Avoid Going Over an Essay Word Limit
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How to Avoid Going Over an Essay Word Limit
1.Write first and edit later.
This is very important: If you constantly worry about word limits, it is quite likely that you will end up discarding ideas that add to your paper. Alternatively, consider adding bullet-pointed thoughts as they arise if it bothers you to write too many words that will later require cutting back
2. Replace phrases with single words.
There are always opportunities to say more with less. For example:
Phrasal verbs, such as "ask for" or "put up with", can often be replaced with single verbs, such as "request," "tolerate".
Replace "at the same time" with "simultaneously" and "by the same token" with "similarly."
The adverb "immediately" can be used in lieu of phrases such as "right now" and "as soon as."
Replace full clauses such as "It is clear that" and "It should be obvious" with single adverbs such as "clearly" and "obviously" or "evidently."
A sentence with "the reason why... is that..." can be rewritten with just the conjunction "because." For example: "The reason why ice floats is that..." becomes simply: Ice floats because...."
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3. Avoid pleonasms, also known as redundancies.
For example, "off of" is always non-standard in written English and it's redundant, except when used with a gerund phrasal verb and "off" is part of the phrasal verb. "Off of the floor" and "Get off of me" are wordy, but "off of" is proper when "off" is part of a gerund with the article "the": "the breaking off of rock." This is proper because you would also write, in a different situation, "the breaking of rock."
Sentences such as "Where is she going to?" and "Where is the house at?" have unnecessary prepositions, since they do not have to be overt if they aren't followed by the object in these constructions.
4.Remove repetition.
Try to make each of your points just once. Making your point effectively and succinctly the first time eliminates
How to Avoid Going Over an Essay Word Limit
1.Write first and edit later.
This is very important: If you constantly worry about word limits, it is quite likely that you will end up discarding ideas that add to your paper. Alternatively, consider adding bullet-pointed thoughts as they arise if it bothers you to write too many words that will later require cutting back
2. Replace phrases with single words.
There are always opportunities to say more with less. For example:
Phrasal verbs, such as "ask for" or "put up with", can often be replaced with single verbs, such as "request," "tolerate".
Replace "at the same time" with "simultaneously" and "by the same token" with "similarly."
The adverb "immediately" can be used in lieu of phrases such as "right now" and "as soon as."
Replace full clauses such as "It is clear that" and "It should be obvious" with single adverbs such as "clearly" and "obviously" or "evidently."
A sentence with "the reason why... is that..." can be rewritten with just the conjunction "because." For example: "The reason why ice floats is that..." becomes simply: Ice floats because...."
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3. Avoid pleonasms, also known as redundancies.
For example, "off of" is always non-standard in written English and it's redundant, except when used with a gerund phrasal verb and "off" is part of the phrasal verb. "Off of the floor" and "Get off of me" are wordy, but "off of" is proper when "off" is part of a gerund with the article "the": "the breaking off of rock." This is proper because you would also write, in a different situation, "the breaking of rock."
Sentences such as "Where is she going to?" and "Where is the house at?" have unnecessary prepositions, since they do not have to be overt if they aren't followed by the object in these constructions.
4.Remove repetition.
Try to make each of your points just once. Making your point effectively and succinctly the first time eliminates