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81bring, take — Bring indicates movement toward a place identified with the speaker; it suggests to come here with. Take suggests movement away from such a place and indicates to go there with. One takes money to a supermarket and brings home groceries (and no… …
82enclose, inclose — These words mean to shut in, to close on all sides, to surround, and to insert : High mountains enclosed (or inclosed) the valley. Enclose (or inclose) a check with your letter. Enclose is the preferred spelling. So is enclosure rather than… …
83end, ending, ended — Both end and ending refer to a termination or close of something, a conclusion, the final part of an action or happening. Thus one may refer to the end or the ending of a war, a book, a play, or a love affair. End, however, is more often applied… …
84if and when — This is a hackneyed and wordy phrase from which and when can be dropped without loss of meaning. Other related wordy phrases that need excision are when, as, and if (only if is needed) and unless and until (unless expresses the thought) …
85said, same — As an adjective, said should not be used except in legal jargon (the said claimant). In general speech, this use of said is wordy because it is unneeded. If clarity demands some modifier, say specified, aforementioned, or referred to. In a… …
86copious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abundant, plentiful, ample, overflowing; wordy, profuse, diffuse, prolix. See sufficiency.Ant., meager, scanty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Abundant] Syn. lavish, plentiful, profuse, extensive; see… …
87laconic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. concise, pithy. See shortness, diffuseness. Ant., wordy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. concise, brief, uncommunicative; see concise , short 2 , taciturn , terse . See Synonym Study at concise …
88terse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. concise, brief, curt; pithy, laconic, succinct; short, compact. See maxim, shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. short, pithy, laconic, taut, compact, brief, concise, pointed, neat, exact,… …
89pleonastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repetitious, wordy, redundant; see oratorical , verbose . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Using or containing an excessive number of words: diffuse, long winded, periphrastic, prolix, redundant, verbose, wordy. See… …
90repetitious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. boring, tedious, wordy, redundant; see dull 4 , verbose . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. repetitive, redundant, tautological, wordy, long winded, verbose, boring, tedious, recurring. ANT.: concise, to the point, spare …
