Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 12.

Writers enjoy sharing ideas to improve their craft. Here, I’m looking at ways to trim our writing. Readers will thank us.

I’ll look at common redundancies and a few flabby expressions.

Ask the question:

Can you do anything else with a question but ‘ask’ it? Of course you can: pose a question, even post a question. However, to write, ‘ask the question’ is to commit a tautology for which, as a writer, you should be severely castigated. e.g. Ask the question of your tutor. Try: Ask your tutor....