FORMAL ENGLISH DO'S AND DON'TS LIST

SAT ESSAY WRITING TRICK #8 & TRICK #9

 

 
Don't use Do Use
Get Obtain, buy, purchase, acquire,

Catch, contract,

Become, grow,

Move, progress,

Understand, comprehend, grasp, follow, perceive,

Accomplish

Like For example, such as (not 'sort of like', or 'kind of like'),

Fond of, enjoy, be partial to,

Similar to, akin to, approximating, reminiscent of, resembling,

Similar, comparable

So Extremely, very, an abundance of,

Therefore, consequently, as a result, for this reason, thus, accordingly, hence, in accordance with, subsequently

Too And, also, as well, in addition, besides, moreover, additionally, furthermore,

Very, excessively, overly, exceedingly

A lot of Many, numerous, countless, several, various, scores of

(Plenty of)

Use these words as little as possible Do Use these substitutes and certainly don't overuse:
And, also, as well in addition, besides, moreover, additionally, furthermore
But

yet, still, however, although, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, nonetheless, conversely, then again, in spite of this,

other than, except, excluding

Just now, immediately, presently, only merely simply solely, barely hardly, scarcely, slightly, simply really, truly, definitely, empathically, clearly, entirely, absolutely, completely, perfectly, exactly precisely, right
Since because, as, given that, seeing as, in view of the fact that, while,

from the time when, ever since

Do accomplish, complete, engage, perform, act, achieve, complete, execute, make, see to, fix, prepare, organize, sort out, look after, make sure of, solve, work out, resolve, figure out, puzzle out

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