When we speak or write we often feel like kicking ourselves for repeating some words or sentences unnecessarily. Sometimes, we want to stress something and we repeat so as to drive home the point. At other times the repetition may be superfluous. There are many methods we can use when avoiding repetition and this is the first of three High English grammar quizzes which will show you some of them.
Generally, there are instances where repetition is acceptable in sentences and there are other instances where it is not acceptable. The sentence:
‘I am very, very happy,’ can easily be changed to:
‘I am very happy.’
However, in this instance the repetition is desirable or acceptable as the sentence is trying to enhance the effect that a person is happy. Now look at this sentence: