Fillers

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Fillers
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Wild Lily
Gild Lily
Dont Gild the Lily!
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Fillers

• Definition
• Fillers are excess words that fatten sentences.

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Fillers

• Pros
• Smooth your speech
• Emphasize

• Cons
• Indirect
• Residual
• Inefficient
• Unprofessional
• Hard to comprehend

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Fillers

• Examples

Wordy There is only one candidate who passed
the writing test. It was our auditor who made a
discovery of the theft.
Concise Only one candidate passed the writing
test. Our auditor discovered the theft.
Wordy only one candidate
passed the writing test. our
auditor
discovered the theft.
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