What Are Your Overused Words?
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When I'm proofreading and editing my work, I often am blind to the overuse of some words. I can spot them in seconds in others' works, but not always in my own. So as part of my review, I've created a list of words that are my offenders, and I use Word's search feature to help me find them. When you do that first search, you will be amazed at the number of times they appear in your manuscript.
Here are my repeat offenders...
- almost
- appear
- as is
- begin
- down
- even
- felt
- few
- got
- just
- like
- nearly
- only
- quite
- really
- seem
- so
- stuff
- that
- then
- thing
- very
- was
What would you add to the list?
