My former professor Paul Iredale, a 30-year old REUTERS veteran, with experience
in Latin America and romantic memories from El Salvador writes:
Javier
Fraid I have to disagree with your friend on no 2. A good rule in journalism is "don't do anything to excess" and if you fill your copy with transitional devices, rather than improve the flow it will slow it down. An occasional "however" is fine - by the way you have two in your list - but "furthermore" is urgh and "for instance" is discursive and often redundant. Another good rule is "if you can do without, cut it out".
bests
paul
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