Less is more

• Autores: Merrill Perlman
• Localización: Columbia Journalism Review, ISSN-e 0010-194X, Vol. 53, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 13-14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Perlman talks about finding two or more words to convey a thought or image that one of those words already does. Similarly, people can "shrug" only one part of their body. So when people say he shrugged his shoulders it's redundant. Someone can "shrug off" a burden, but those occasions will be fewer than ones using the shoulders. "Quietly whispers" is also redundant. A whisper is quiet. A qualifier might be needed occasionally, such as "he whispered harshly," indicating it was a vehement whisper not a gentle one.