Gelmo is a statistician, not an editor. His native habitat is academia, but he sometimes writes for the general public. (Well, no, not quite the general public, but at least that segment of the public that likes to read about politics.)

Last week he offered a short post with a list of stock phrases his fellow academics should consider excising from their papers:

We editors have similar lists for non-academics. My personal favorite is "needless to say", a phrase which can never be both correct and necessary. If what follows really is needless to say, then don't say it!

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