Repetition isn't good for writing , true or false?

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September 5, 2016, 10:02 am

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Repetition isn't good for writing , true or false?

There are a lot of different ways of repetition that I see when I am reading, the most common is the use of little words like "I" "but" and words of that nature that are used one too many times in a good piece, another form of this would be rewording an opinion after things have already been explained, basically saying the same thing twice. Now I'm no author so there are times were this even effects my writing no doubt. it's still a work in progress on my end lol but for the more seasoned writers , I would like to know how you feel about it, have you ever had this problem in your writing? how has it effected you?

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idealmike

Interesting discussion jkeyz. I've sometimes thought about this myself. Obviously you're going to use a lot of stop words in the articles that you write. You can't really not use them. But you do need them to form a proper sentence. Without them the sentence wouldn't make sense and it would be like you are speaking a very very broken English.

Let's say that again without using any stop words.

Obviously going use lot stop words articles write. You really use. Need form proper sentence. Without sentence wouldn't make sense would like speaking very very broken English.

You see?

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As for using other words over and over again in the same article. You can use synonyms of that word. So for example. A synonym of the word "really" for example would be "surely" or "truly" or "literally" or "verily" if you're feeling biblical. As just an example. I sometimes look for more synonyms online so I'm not using the same word too much.

I don't think about it a lot as there's not much you can do but just keep pressing on writing good articles to the best of your ability. As long as you're not saying the same thing over and over again exactly as you've said them and have tried to do your best that's all people really expect. As long as you're not saying the same thing over and over again exactly as you've said them and have tried to do your best that's all people really expect. As long as you're not saying the same thing over and over again exactly as you've said them and have tried to do your best that's all people really expect. Articles that are informative and share something with people they can learn something from rather than worrying about using the same words too many times over and over again.

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Beverly

I read a really great book in highschool called Wordpower. So good that I read it twice! And, this book was just that, about words! Mostly a vocabulary builder for grown ups-unique words, origins of words, word parts, etc. And, every chapter was a treasure trove of good content! To this day, my brain is packed with all these amazing words and I use many of them daily without even realizing. Some are archaic and 'smart' sounding, others are just unusual. For that reason, I'm rarely at a loss for what to say.

Never stop learning! Even as an adult, you can pick one new word a day to learn. In a year you'll have another couple hundred words to enrich not only your writing but your life!

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idealmike

Archaic. I love that word. It's such an old fashioned word and means just that. But it's one of those words that still gets used today just as much as it did back in Greece in the 6th century where it transpired from. Yes I did Google the meaning of it lol. I like books like that. When I grew up, my old man have every version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I think that's where I learned most of my English from rather than at school. We never had the Internet back then so they was kind of the Internet for us! I also used to love reading the Thesaurus as well which is definitely where I learned most of my synonyms from. And yes, I'd still pick something like that up as there is always room for improvement!

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Beverly

Encyclopedia Britannica!

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You learned just the way I did! Real education begins at home, long before 'school' and you'll learn so much more through self study than ever in a classroom, if you apply yourself.

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My dad loved those Encyclopedia Britannica so much he bought the full and abridged (headline news) edition and even became a representative for the company in his part time. I learned so much about just everything from those books - from animals to art and history, any subject I wanted to know about was at my fingertips - without having to go to the library. In the days before the internet, this is what we had! And, it worked just fine.

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Everett

This sometimes effects me, because often at times I get writers block and can't properly write how I want to get my statements across. So I eventually repeat myself, and not even realize my mistake until I reread what I wrote. I would say repetition is neither good or bad, because if you're trying to prove a point, or get something across you'll do it more easily by repeating what you said backed along with your statements.

One thing that annoys me though is an article that is blatant spam, trying to pose as a unique article that just repeats itself over and over again. Now that would be considered bad in my books.

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EliteWriter

I agree with you. Many writers tend to use the same words several times. And as you said there is the other kind of repetition, where one repeats the same idea by just rewording it. In order to avoid repetition of the same word it is important to read through the article as you will be able to notice if you ended up using certain words over and over again. In such a case make sure to use synonyms. In the other case, it is crucial that you do not state the same ideas repeatedly as it would be too much fluff and a useless length. It is better to be concise, and in case you want to make a point more clear, it is better to use point form, rather than a number of sentences to try to elucidate something.

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Webguy2024

Everyone has a tendency to use repetition in their writing. I am at fault as well. This post made me think about my own writing habits and I have decided to learn ten to twenty new words per day from the dictionary to increase my vocabulary. Maybe a larger repertoire of words will help. I am sure it can't hurt. Thanks for this post. It inspired me to improve through daily learning.

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Lynne

Well sometimes people need a bit of repetition before they buy something, often it is good to bring across a very important point. However some articles I have read are just regurgitations of the same statement throughout which I find incredibly annoying.

I agree with EliteWriter, it is best to not repeat the same words throughout an article. Spending a little bit of time to research some synonyms would be very helpful.

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Cristian

@ Beverly - seems like a good book, noted, will read.
@Mike - I agree, you can't have a proper piece of content without stop words, but I think jkeyz2 may be referring to spinning a piece of information and basically saying the same thing twice in the same article. I always try to avoid this because I tend to do it sometimes, write the same idea from a different angle. While this may be great for explanations, it isn't too cool for short updates and comments.

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hitmeasap

I'm great at using "I", "I've" and "I'm" as the first words in a new sentence. I hate it, but I'm not native in English and I personally believe that it would've been easier for me to STOP using these as the first words, if I were native in English. - However, even though it's not easy, you can always train your writing skills, and I've been doing that for the last few years.

But... I still suck.

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vinaya

If your written content does not have any substance, it will never attract readers, without readers you are not going to make money
(because readers mean traffic and traffic mean money).
Sometimes repetition is necessary, for example, to support your statement. However, repeating more or less same thing is not recommended. It is a sign of bad writing. You need stop words to make your content readable, nonetheless, using too many stop words make your work clumsy.

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coolavender

I've been writing content for the past three years and though I'm still not the best content writer around, there are marked improvements in my skills and speed. My very first work with the content site merited a revision request.The project required me to write 5 articles about Tinnitus and since I practically have no idea how this should be done, I mostly discussed the same facts across those article, sometimes even using the same words to say them. I have no idea they were supposed to land on the same site. It was bad writing and that was the first lesson I learned about content writing. Never repeat yourself or you're going to bore the readers and yourself. In addition, the articles should be unique and independent of each other and should be written using different angles.

There's another writing mistake that I've been making unconsciously and I'm thankful that there are grammar checkers that I can use before finalizing and submitting my work. One time, I had an article checked with sentencechecker.com. I saw three highlighted words and when I hovered over them, I read the comment that three successive sentences began with the same word. I was even advised to use a thesaurus to find a synonym lol.

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Corzhens

I am into writing sites to improve my written English. What I noticed in my writing is my vocabulary which needs to be developed. I have to learn how to use synonyms and adverbs as well. But I understand that repeating words in one paragraph is not a good style of writing for it is tantamount to being redundant. In that case, the use of synonyms should apply. However, in spite of knowing that beingredundant is a flaw in writing, most writers like me tend to commit that mistake.

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