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 | This page in a nutshell: It's unnecessary to write "X is a Y located in Z" when "X is a Y in Z" will do. |
The word "located", and its synonyms, can be safely dropped from the following types of sentence:
The mural is
[2]locatedat the north end of Frary's refectory, above a fireplace.The sacristy is
[3]locatedon the left (north side) looking towards the altar, under the bell tower.The tabernacle is
[4]placedat the far end of the chancel.Paghman District is
[5]situatedin the western part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan.
Are you being served?
editA closely related construction is Smith serves as the President of Ruritania
when you could just say Smith is the President of Ruritania
[6]. Sometimes a president or a military officer is serving their country, but sometimes holding a government position is more of a way to be served by other people than to serve the needs of others. "Served as" is for milk crates and Velveeta: Along one wall, stacks of milk crates served as bookshelves
or We were so poor that sometimes Velveeta served as dessert
(or, perhaps, Velveeta was served as dessert
, but that's another story).
Books penned created fathered brought into being written by people
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Lust for Life (1934) is a biographical novel
[7]writtenby Irving Stone about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
Directors helming movies that garner accolades
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- Please don't write that a film was "helmed" by John Smith (or whomever) or that an album was a band's "sophomore effort".
- And please, please don't talk about the "accolades" the picture or album "garnered".
Violation of the above may make your fellow editors vomit.