Most writers use overused terms and words. One such word is nuances. Its presence in the text does not always bring added value or depth. It may sound correct and educated, so people often use it in essays, reports, reviews, and even the workplace. The best thing about this guide is that it offers a…
Read back through something you’ve written recently and count how many times you used the word ‘small’, and where you used it. A small room, a small budget, a small mistake, a small town. The word is doing several different jobs, but none of them very well. The good news is that English has a…
Read back through something you wrote last week and count how many times you used the word ‘thing’ or ‘stuff ‘; most people are surprised by the number. The problem is that these words are incredibly useful, as they can act as placeholders for almost anything, which means that they are also dangerously close to…
A writer who has previously read a paragraph full of “however” words will quickly find that this word is one of the most overused transition words in the English language. In fact, it is so common for people to use “however” in a paper that its use in academic writing has become somewhat of a…