Tap every expression Strunk says to avoid or cut
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Items
- Text
- different than
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- as to whether
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- respectively, where it adds nothing
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- 'very' used freely
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- different from
- Matches the category
- No
- Text
- point of view
- Matches the category
- No
- Category
- Strunk says avoid or cut this
Explanation
The padding entries. Source: The Elements of Style, Strunk (1918), Words Commonly Misused.