User:Salamangkero/Brevity

The Brevity project is an offshoot of the Adopt-a-typo project. While its parent keeps track of recurring grammatical and typographical errors, this project searches for phrases known to be needlessly wordy. It is not an exact science so all corrections are made on a case-to-case basis; however, they are still usually tagged as minor edits.

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Extra words

From	To
in order to	to
last but not least	lastly
makes an appearance	appears
more and more	more
prior to	before
return back	go back return revert turn back
revert back	go back revert turn back
submerged under	submerged under
there exist	there are
there exists	there is
turn tail	escape flee
turned tail	escaped fled
underneath a	under a
underneath an	under an
underneath the	under the

Extra words: able

From	To
are able to is able to	can
are unable to can not is unable to	cannot
has been able to have been able to was able to were able to	could
has been unable to have been unable to was unable to were unable to	couldn't

Extra words: can be

From	To
can be found roaming	roam / roams
can be found seated	sit / sits
can be found sitting	is / are sit / sits
can be found standing	stand / stands
can be found walking	walk / walks
can be found wandering	wander / wanders
that can be found	found
that can be found in the game	in the game
that can be seen	seen
that can be seen from	visible from
who can be found sitting	seated sitting

Extra words: for the hills

From	To
fled for the hills	fled
flee for the hills	flee
fleeing for the hills	fleeing
ran for the hills	escaped fled
run for the hills	escape flee
running for the hills	escaping fleeing

Extra words: located/placed/situated

From	To
located above placed above situated above	above
located among placed among situated among	among
located at placed at situated at	at
located behind placed behind situated behind	behind
located below located beneath placed below placed beneath situated below situated beneath	below
located beside placed beside situated beside	beside
located in placed in situated in	in
located near placed near situated near	near
located over placed over situated over	over
located under located underneath placed under placed underneath situated under situated underneath	under
located within placed within situated within	in
which are located ... which are placed ... which are situated ...	...
which is located ... which is placed ... which is situated ...	...

Extra words: meaning

From	To
meaning all meaning any meaning each meaning every meaning he meaning it meaning none meaning one meaning she meaning that meaning their meaning these meaning they meaning this meaning those meaning you meaning your	(use a period) (period) + So (period) + Thus (use a semicolon)
which means which means that	(use a period) (period) + So (period) + Thus (use a semicolon)

Extra words: note

From	To
however it should be noted ...	however, ...
however it should be noted that ...	however, ...
it is important to note that ...	...
it should be noted ...	...
it should be noted that ...	...
it should be noted however that	however
note that ...	...

1. ^With the exception of Crafting Motif 98: House Hexos Style (and bows).