Ambiguous sentences

The lady hit the man with an umbrella.

He gave her cat food.

John went to the bank.

The man saw the boy with the binoculars.

They are hunting dogs.

My solicitor gives the poorest free advice.

Verbose sentences

The new entrant who had expressed his inability to pay the requisite dues owing to the acute poverty of his
pauper family, was denied a seat in the next course of the curriculum.

Simple: The poor new student was not admitted to the next class since he could not pay the fee.

Amidst the sweet reverberations caused by the melodiously composed musical milieu, descended on the dais,
his would-be soul mate for the rest of the journey called ‘life’, attired in snowy-white costumes and her tearful
eyes stole a glance of his countenance from behind the veil of modesty and grace.

Simple meaning: The bride looked at him.

The emperor of the moving kingdom visualized the overcast sky, sensed the tempest in- the- make and sighed
dejectedly. This man who found at his finger tips, making the mighty iron vessel slip on the huge blue mat of
the nature, now felt like a helpless soul and ultimately allowed the vehicle of about thousand travelers on board
to dance to the whim of the waves.

Simple meaning: The captain lost control of the ship.

Redundant sentences

Many uneducated citizens who have never attended school continue to vote for better schools.

Redundant phrases are bad habits just waiting to take control of your writing.
Beware of the following.

Redundancy The Lean Version

12 midnight midnight
12 noon noon
3 am in the morning 3 am
absolutely spectacular/phenomenal
spectacular/phenomenal
a person who is honest an honest person
a total of 14 birds 14 birds
biography of her life biography
circle around circle
close proximity proximity
completely unanimous unanimous
consensus of opinion consensus
cooperate together cooperate
each and every each
enclosed herewith enclosed
end result result
exactly the same the same
final completion completion
frank and honest exchange frank exchange or honest
exchange
free gift gift
he/she is a person who . . . he/she
important/basic essentials essentials
in spite of the fact that although
in the field of economics/law in economics/law
enforcement enforcement
in the event that if
job functions job or functions
new innovations innovations
one and the same the same
particular interest interest
period of four days four days
personally, I think/feel I think/feel
personal opinion opinion
puzzling in nature puzzling
refer back refer
repeat again repeat
return again return
revert back revert
shorter/longer in length shorter/longer
small/large in size small/large
square/round/rectangular in square/round/rectangular
shape
summarize briefly summarize
surrounded on all sides surrounded
surrounding circumstances circumstances
the future to come the future
there is no doubt but that no doubt
usual/habitual custom custom
we are in receipt of we have received

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