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Don't
use |
Do
Use |
Get |
Obtain, buy, purchase,
acquire,
Catch,
contract,
Become,
grow,
Move,
progress,
Understand,
comprehend, grasp, follow, perceive,
Accomplish
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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
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So |
Extremely, very, an
abundance of,
Therefore,
consequently, as a result, for this reason, thus,
accordingly, hence, in accordance with, subsequently
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Too |
And, also, as well, in
addition, besides, moreover, additionally, furthermore,
Very,
excessively, overly, exceedingly
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A lot of |
Many, numerous, countless,
several, various, scores of
(Plenty
of)
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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
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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
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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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