Sentence Improvement • Topic 4 of 4

Word Order & Redundancy

Improve clumsy order and cut redundancy. Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb. Avoid saying the same thing twice: 'return back', 'repeat again', 'free gift', 'final conclusion'.

Redundant pairs to cut

RedundantCorrect
return backreturn
repeat againrepeat
free giftgift
new innovationinnovation
final conclusionconclusion
revert backrevert
Adverb placement. Adverbs of frequency (always, never, often) go before the main verb but after "be": "He always comes late"; "She has never been there".

✅ Solved examples

1. Improve: "He returned back home."
Remove "back" → "He returned home".
2. Improve: "Please repeat it again."
Remove "again" → "Please repeat it".
3. Improve: "She comes always late."
"comes always late" → "always comes late".
4. Improve: "It was a free gift."
Remove "free" → "a gift" (a gift is free by definition).

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. Improve: "We reached at the final conclusion."
Redundant word.
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remove "final" → the conclusion
2. Improve: "He is a new innovation in the team."
Redundancy.
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remove "new"
3. Improve: "She never has been there."
Adverb order.
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"never has been" → has never been
4. Improve: "Kindly revert back to me."
Redundant.
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remove "back" → revert / reply
5. Improve: "The two twins look alike."
Twins = two.
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remove "two"

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