Avoid Parentheticals and Double Negatives

Avoid Parentheticals and Double Negatives

What parentheses signal to your audience, how to write clearly without them, and the damage that double negatives do.

Transcript

Welcome to Avoid Parentheticals and Double Negatives! Throughout this video, we’ll be showing you examples on screen, which won’t be narrated. When you see these, please pause the video for as long as you need to read and understand them. After all, we’re in no hurry!

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