Again, again and again, 'Merry Christmas'

Sunday, December 23, 2001

Writing instructors and those experienced article writers in the trade magazines, "The Writer" and "Writers' Digest" say, "Avoid repetitious words and phrases." It's a good rule. How tired we got and still do at the repetitious spoken expressions, "you know," "basically," "awesome" and the like.

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