Good Riddance of Extra Words

rogersgeorge on July 16th, 2020

One of my rules is to choose the simpler of two choices when you write. Hence, don’t say “upon” when “on” will do. Same for “in” and “within.”

https://www.comicskingdom.com/bizarro/2020-05-16

And “based off of” is definitely wrong! Aak!

He came up with the correct solution: get rid of all the unnecessary words.

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