org.languagetool.rules.en.wordiness.txt Maven / Gradle / Ivy
# Plain English database
# List converted from AtD
# Extends PLAIN_ENGLISH category
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I myself=I
I wish to acknowledge receipt of=Thank you for
In view of the fact that=because
# Party of the First Part=[THE PARTY'S NAME]
The Congress=Congress
# This limitation=These limits
# a categorical denial=a denial
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addressees are requested=[OMIT]|please
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#advance warning=warning
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# aforementioned=[OMIT]
after all is said and done=[OMIT]
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# An attempt to=Trying to
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# be advised that=[OMIT]
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by definition=[OMIT]
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# institute=begin|start
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interestingly enough=[OMIT]
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it is evident that=[OMIT]
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it is apparent that=[OMIT]
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# manner=way
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# methodology=method
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# monitor=check|watch
month of=[OMIT]
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# necessitate=cause|need
needless to say=[OMIT]
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# not important=trifling
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on the whole=[OMIT]
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one of the most interesting=[OMIT]
only serves to=[OMIT]
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# parameter=index|criterion|factor|characteristic|measure|value|variable
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# partially=partly
# participate=take part
particular type of=[OMIT]
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# prepared=ready
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# procure=[OMIT]
# proficiency=skill
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# quite=[OMIT]
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quite clearly=[OMIT]
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# remain=stay
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# render=give|make
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# request=ask
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# respecting=about
# respective=[OMIT]
# respectively=[OMIT]
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# said|some|such=the|this|that
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# selection=choice
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# serve the purpose of=[OMIT]
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so as to=to
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Some number of=Many|Several|Some
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sort of=[OMIT]
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# square-shaped=square
# state-of-the-art=latest
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# sufficient=enough
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# synergy=work together|co-operation
take action=act
take action to=[OMIT]
take into consideration=consider
take the time=[OMIT]
# terminate=end|stop
test in question=this test
tests have not as yet=the tests have not
that being said=[OMIT]
that being the case=if so
# that exists=[OMIT]
that exists among=among
that exists between=between
that exists with=with
that is to say=[OMIT]
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the end result=the result
the final result=the result
the fact that=that|[OMIT]
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the majority of=most
the manner in which=how
the month of=[OMIT]
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the predominant number=most
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the undersigned=I
the use of=[OMIT]
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the manner in which=the way|[OMIT]
the whole=the
the world we live in=the world|life|[OMIT]
there are=[OMIT]
there can be little doubt that=probably
there in=there
there is=[OMIT]
there is a chance that=may|might|could
there is a need=[OMIT]
there is a reason to believe=I think
# thereafter=then|afterwards
# therefor=for
# therein=there
# thereof=its|their
they are in fact=they are
they really are=they are
this activity=us|we
this being said=[OMIT]
# this command=us,we
this result would seem to indicate=this result indicates
through the use of=by|with
throughout the course of=throughout the
time period=(either one)
# timely=prompt
# titherto=until then|previously
to a further extent=further
# to address=to discuss
to benefit=to help
to construct=to build
# to say nothing of=and
to the effect that=that
total abstinence=abstinence
total annihilation=annihilation
totally obvious=obvious
# transmit=send
# transpire=happen|occur
treatment having been performed=after treatment
true facts=facts
try out=try
# ultimate=final|greatest|last|maximum
under the provisions of=under
undertake a study of=study
united as one=united
until such time as=until
use of=use
using a combination of=from
# utilisation=use
# utilise=use
# utilization=use
# utilize=use
# utilized=use
# utilizes=uses
utmost perfection=perfection
valid information=information
# validate=confirm
valuable asset=asset
various different=various
vast majority=majority|most
# velocity=speed
# verbatim=exact
very necessary=necessary
very relevant=relevant
very true=true
# viable=practical|workable
# vice=instead of|versus
# virtually=almost
# visualise=see|predict
# warrant=call for|permit
was able to=can|[OMIT]
was more or less=was
was the opinion that=believed
ways and means=ways|means
we are of the opinion that=we believe
we wish to thank=we thank
well aware of=aware
were able to=can|[OMIT]
what is important is=[OMIT]
when all is said and done=[OMIT]
# whenever=when
# whereas=because|since
whether or not=whether
# which goes=called
under the name of=called
which have been found to be=are|[OMIT]
which is=[OMIT]
wholly new=new
with a view to=to|so that
with reference to=about
with regard to=about
with respect to=about
with the exception of=except for
with the minimum of delay=quickly
with the possible exception of=except
with the result that=so that
within or without the United States=inside or outside the United States
within the ballpark of=about
without further delay=now|immediately
# witnessed=saw
witnessed first hand=witnessed
your office=you
#
# Foreign Expressions (AtD foreigndb.txt)
#
a fortiori=with even stronger reason
a posteriori=from effects to causes|reasoning based on past experience
a priori=from causes to effects|conclusions drawn from assumptions|from what comes before
ab initio=from the beginning
ad hoc=improvised
ad infinitum=never ending
ad lib=at will|off the top of the head
bona fide=in good faith
caveat=caution|warning
# curricula vitae=the courses of one's life|résumés
# curriculum vitae=the course of one's life|résumé
de facto=from the fact
de jure=from the law
ex officio=out of one's duty|out of one's office
ex post facto=after the fact|retrospectively
hors d'oeuvre=appetizer
hors d'oeuvres=appetizers
hors de combat=out of the battle|out of service
in situ=in its original place
in toto=in its entirety
infra=below
inter alia=among other things
ipso facto=by the fact itself
locus classicus=standard or most authoritative source
non sequitur=it does not follow
passim=here and there|throughout|in several places
per capita=per head
prima facie=at first sight|on the face of it
pro bono=for the public good|at no cost
pro rata=in proportion
quid pro quo=something in return
raison d'etre=reason for|purpose
scilicet=that is to say|namely
scire licet=that is to say|namely
sic=thus used|thus spelt
sine die=without a day|with no time fixed
sine qua non=without which not|essential precondition
status quo=things as they are
stet=as it was originally
supra=above
vide=see
vide supre=see above
viva=oral examination
voce=oral examination
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