“Unlocking Your Writing Potential: Are You Making These 8 Surprising Mistakes?”
4. Redundancy and stating the obvious
Redundancy is when we say the same thing twice, although usually we say it in a different way the second time. For example, I am taking my car to the shop tomorrow, so I won’t be able to go anywhere because my car will be in the shop. The readers are told twice that the car will be the shop tomorrow. That’s redundant.
The problem with stating the obvious in a piece of writing is, ironically, less obvious than redundancy. Here’s an example: I went to the store yesterday. In the store, there was a huge book display. The phrase “in the store” states the obvious. The text implies that the book display is in the store, so it doesn’t need to be stated outright.
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