Filler adjectives and adverbs

You can sometimes delete these adjectives and adverbs.

a considerable amount individual

actually kind of

basically sort of

definitely specific

extremely to a certain extent

for all intents and purposes very

generally

Wordy:

1. They were absolutely so surprised to find so very much to do.

2. For all intents and purposes, German industrial productivity generally depends on factors that are really more economic in kind than of any given technical aspect.

Concise:

1. They were surprised to find so much to do.

2. German industrial productivity depends on factors that are more economical than technological.

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