loss

[see also: harm]

It simplifies the argument, and causes no loss of generality, to assume ......

This involves no loss of generality.

Without loss of generality we can assume that ......

[In many cases, the phrase “without loss of generality” can be omitted; write simply: We can assume that ...... Avoid using the abbreviation “w.l.o.g.”]



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