When he was finished with (the periodical), he got up and went outside. Take a look at two examples (EV in parenthesis): Your efforts to avoid repetition are too clumsy and obvious. In FowlerРІР‚в„ўs view, and mine, elegant variation is not a good thing. Synonyms for out loud include aloud, audibly, out, loudly, noisily, vociferously, clearly, distinctly, for all to hear and clamorously. Synonyms for repeated include constant, frequent, continual, periodic, persistent, unremitting, incessant, recurrent, regular and ceaseless. Fowler, author of the great early twentieth-century book Modern English Usage, coined the term РІР‚Сљelegant variationРІР‚Сњ (which IРІР‚в„ўll call EV) to refer a synonym, near synonym, or invented synonym used for the express purpose of avoiding word repetition. At the age of twenty-three, he defeated the Republican incumbent.РІР‚Сњ 4. РІР‚СљJohnson is the youngest representative in the legislature. When he was twenty-three, Johnson defeated the Republican incumbent.РІР‚СњР”Р‡or some reason, a lot of people tend to needlessly repeat proper names, forgetting that they have at their disposal the very useful pronouns РІР‚СљheРІР‚Сњ and РІР‚Сљshe.РІР‚Сњ They have the added value of being in the category of common words, mentioned above, that can be repeated with near impunity. In a previous post, we explored the common errors of run-on sentences and comma splices.

I once had a student submit something very close to the following in an assignment: РІР‚СљJohnson is the youngest representative in the legislature. Writers often unintentionally repeat words or phrases the best way to correct this is to read your work out loud. ( Do you underline book titles? Underline them? Put book titles in quotes? Find out here.) 3.

Another word for repeating out loud