Writing Tip 154: “Equally” vs. “Equally As”

Kermit doesn’t like extra words in sentences either.

Words are so much fun sometimes that we often add them in nonsensically, letting them land where they may. Sometimes we stick extra words into sentences where they really have no point. That’s exactly the case when it comes to “equally as.”

Hint: There’s no point to the word “as” next to the word “equally” in most instances. Please clean it up if it spills onto your keyboard.

For example:

The twins were equally tall.
The racing snails were equally fast.
The muppets were equally hilarious. (Strike that sentence; it’s not true. Sorry, Fozzy.)

Do you see how “as” is never needed? Yet writers add this little word in all of the time. Why is that? Where did it start? When will it stop? Here’s a little grammatical instance of how change can start with you.

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