What is wordiness in English grammar?

What is wordiness in English grammar?

Wordiness. A redundant expression says the same thing twice, and doublespeak avoids getting directly to the point. Both are examples of wordy expressions. Other such expressions use more than one word when one word is simpler and more direct—for example, using the phrase in the vicinity of instead of near.

What are wordy words?

Wordy, prolix, redundant, pleonastic all mean using more words than necessary to convey a desired meaning. Wordy, the broadest and least specific of these terms, may, in addition to indicating an excess of words, suggest a garrulousness or loquaciousness: a wordy, gossipy account of a simple incident.

What is wordiness and redundancy?

Redundancy is the unnecessary repetition of ideas. Wordiness is the use of several words when a few can express the same idea more clearly and concisely. On the sentence level, in general, less is more. The fewer words you use to get your point across, the bet- ter. Unnecessary words often waste time and cloud meaning.