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useless words. They don’t communicate strongly and withoutthem, your text will mean the same – and read far better! Bonus tip: Replace“very/really + adjective” with an “extreme adjective”. Very hungry becomesravenous. To run really fast becomes to sprint. Really dirty becomes filthy.There are hundreds of these adjectives to use when writing. 3. Use a thesaurusAfter you’ve removed useless words from your writing, This is where your new best friend, the
thesaurus, comes in. Use it to exchange words you use toooften for more interesting, suitable or Pakistan Mobile Number List advanced alternatives. (For example:cloth > fabric; money > cash; change > alter; happy > glad;decorate > embellish; improve > enhance.) Avoiding common or beginner’svocabulary individualizes your text and makes it sound more sophisticated.However, be careful not to go overboard! Your writing still has to readnaturally and make sense to your chosen audience (see point number 5). 4. Useand notice

collocations Collocations are words which tend to gotogether even though other word combinations are also grammatically correct.Think of the English collocation “heavy rain”. Grammatically, you could use“strong rain” – but it sounds strange to accustomed ears. Other collocationsinclude weak tea (not feeble tea), excruciating pain (not excruciating joy),tall trees (not high trees), buy time (not purchase time), and fast cars (notquick cars) among many others. Becoming familiar with typical
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