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Name two causes of excessive wordiness.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is fine-tuning revision?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: doubling terms; long phrases instead of single words; unneeded repetition; empty sentence openings

Answer to Question 2

Answer: making changes in sentence structure, language, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics of style



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