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It must be assumed, based on the size of the plates & the difficulty in hand inscribing characters into metal, that space and words should have been condensed in every instance. The Book of Mormon is replete with the opposite & redundancy is in full sway.

“And now it came to pass that all this was done in Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing to his praise forever.”

Book of Mormon – Mosiah 18:30 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, September 2008), 183.

Might as well add in “the valley of Mormon,” “the avenue of Mormon,” and “the latitude and longitude of Mormon.”

Thanks to M.W. FB post 10 August 2017.