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each and every: cliché (avoid)
each and every: delete and every (redundancy) [Each vote was counted. Not: Each and every vote was counted.]
each person: not each individual person (redundancy)
eagle-eyed: cliché (avoid)
early: not ahead of schedule (wordiness)[They were at the polls early. Not: They were at the polls ahead of schedule.]
earth shaking/shattering: clichés (avoid)
easier said than done: cliché (avoid)
easy as pie: cliché (avoid)
easy come, easy go: cliché (avoid)
eat, drink, and be merry: cliché (avoid)
eat humble pie: cliché (avoid)
each and every: cliché and redundancy (forget it or change to just: each or just: every)
eat crow: cliché (avoid)
egg on the face: cliché (avoid)
eliminate altogether: delete altogether (redundancy) [They decided to eliminate testing. Not: They decided to eliminate testing altogether.]
eloquent silence: cliché (avoid)
eminently successful: cliché (avoid)
emotional blackmail: cliché (avoid)
emotional roller coaster: cliché (avoid)
empty gesture: cliché (avoid)
empty promises: cliché (avoid)
empty space: delete empty (redundancy) [The space allowed you to have a seat. Not: The empty space allowed you to have a seat.]
end game: cliché (avoid)
end of the road: cliché (avoid)
end product: delete end (redundancy) [Negotiations produced peace. Not: The end product of negotiations was peace.]
end result: delete end (redundancy) [The result was good. Not: The end result was good.]
engage in conversation: cliché (avoid)
enjoy success: cliché (avoid)
entertaining high hopes of: cliché (avoid)
enter the picture: cliché (avoid)
entirely complete: delete entirely (redundancy) [The symphony was complete. Not: The symphony was entirely complete.]
entities: not separate entities (redundancy) [The entities agreed in principle. Not: The separate entitles agreed in principle.]
epic struggle: cliché (avoid)
epidemic proportions: cliché (avoid)
equal to the occasion: cliché (avoid)
equally as: delete as (redundancy)[They were equally likeable. Not: They were equally as likeable.]
ere long: cliché (avoid)
erode away: delete away (redundancy)[The lead in the polls eroded. Not: The lead in the polls eroded away.]
errand of mercy: cliché (avoid)
essential condition: delete essential (redundancy)[The results hinged on a condition. Not: The results hinged on an essential condition.]
essentials: not important essentials (redundancy) [The essential were agreed upon. Not: The important essentials were agreed upon.]
estimate: not rough estimate (redundant)
even keel: cliché (avoid)
even-steven: cliché (avoid)
even tenor: cliché (avoid)
every now and then: delete every (redundancy) [Now and then I enjoy going to a movie. Not: Every now and then I enjoy going to a movie.] "Now and then" is close to being cliché .
every one's favorite: cliché (avoid)
exception that proves the rule: cliché (avoid)
excess verbiage: delete excess (redundancy) [The politician was recognized by her verbiage. Not: The politician was recognized by her excess verbiage.]
exercise in futility (or frustration): cliché (avoid)
existing conditions: cliché (avoid)
explosion: not sudden explosion (redundancy) [He regretted the explosion of temper. Not: He regretted the sudden explosion of temper.]
explosion: not violent explosion (redundancy) [The home was destroyed by the explosion. Not: The home was destroyed by the violent explosion.]
express one’s appreciation: cliché (avoid)
express purpose: can usually be elimiated as unnecessary. [Not: for the express purpose of protecting replace with: to protect]
extinction: not total extinction (redundancy) [Global warming could lead to mammalian extinction. Not: Global warming could lead to total extinction of mammals.]
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