Jack Milgram is a writer and blogger at Custom Writing. He recently published an Infographic with 28 Boring Words and suggestions of what to use instead. The idea is that, if you practice using these suggested words instead of the plain-vanilla ones, it will become a habit and enrich your writing. You can contact Jack on Facebook and Twitter, plus on Custom Writing’s blog.
Infographic: 28 Boring Words and What to Use Instead
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Love this inographic, Nicholas. This is something I’ll definitely use.
Yay 😀
Excellent list, Nicholas. Just, Almost, and Only can often be dropped without replacing them at all, too.
How true!
The traps we all fall into. These words are in such common use we don’t even notice we use them.
Same here! That’s why I had to share 🙂
At least we are not alone… ?
Nice to see wee for tiny! We folk with Scottish roots like that!
Och aye the noo!
One of my favorite Scottisms 😀
Mine too! 🙂
Thanks to you both for the great information, and handy graphic. I was saddened to see the continuation of the use of ‘Upcoming’ though. Despite wide acceptance of this modern usage, the word is ‘Forthcoming’. As in “Look out for my forthcoming novel”. (You’ll have a long wait…)
Pedantic? Moi? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Must be an American thing 😉
Undoubtedly. They love to ‘hijack’. our language! 🙂
Thanks, Jack, and Nichols for this great infographic. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you, Suzanne 🙂