23 More Words and Phrases You No Longer Need

[Jenny]

Have you ever struggled to make sense of a message because its author didn’t write clearly? Or maybe you wrote something that was misunderstood by your audience. It’s possible your writing was cluttered with filler. Just like a desk littered with too much stuff, untidy writing can make it hard for your reader to find what they’re looking for.

The saying, often attributed to Mark Twain, goes, “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Unessential words and phrases make your text unnecessarily long and potentially confusing. Lean writing requires knowing your messy writing habits.