Writing Correctly in English: Avoiding Repetition

avoiding repetition in writing here's the problem in english writing it's not a good idea to repeat words especially in the same sentences and paragraphs for example i love chinese food so i eat chinese food every day notice how the phrase chinese food is repeated here that's a little too much here are some solutions number one delete don't repeat two use a pronoun three use a synonym or related word four use a category word five rephrase the sentence let's look at these in more detail number one delete don't repeat for example please write your first name and last name notice how the word name is repeated here that's not necessary you can write instead please write your first and last name number two use a pronoun for example i play tennis on weekends tennis is my favorite sport we don't have to repeat the word tennis here we can use a pronoun for example i play tennis on weekends it is my favorite sport it refers to tennis number three use a synonym or related words for example let's meet at noon i'll be free at noon you don't have to repeat that we can say simply let's meet at noon i'll be free then or i'll be free at that time number four use a category word for example because english is widely spoken we use english in business notice the word english is repeated here what is the category for english that would be language so we use the language example because english is widely spoken we use the language in business number five rephrase the sentence for example don't be late lateness is not acceptable that doesn't sound good we could change that to something like this please be on time tardiness is unacceptable or we could change the order of things here and say tardiness is unacceptable so please be on time sometimes you can repeat words and phrases when can you repeat in writing first to avoid confusion or ambiguity second to emphasize something and third when there are no other words first to avoid confusion for example pam's brothers are matt and dan he likes soccer who's he matt or dan we don't really know so you need to repeat one of the names pam's brothers are matt and dan dan likes soccer second to emphasize for example cancer screening is crucial it can save lives that's okay but sometimes you want to emphasize the topic for example cancer screening is crucial cancer screening can save lives third when there are no other words for example my major is nuclear physics the major deals with there are very few words or phrases that mean the same thing as major or nuclear physics so sometimes you can just repeat one of those words or phrases example my major is nuclear physics nuclear physics deals with hope that was helpful for more videos like these please check out our channels on youtube youtube.comfree4u in china on humix eslgold.com/h iix be sure to click on the playlists for more related words or check out our websites eslold.com freeenglishstudy.com videosforenglish.com or siri.net siri stands for say it right in english thanks for watching