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“THAT”
01 Most of the time, you can delete “that” and the
sentence will still have the same meaning, but it’ll be
tighter.
08 “PERHAPS” 11 “SOMEHOW”
Natalie Goldberg, the
09 “MAYBE” . author of Writing
Down the Bones says
not to use modifiers,
but to use clear,
10 . “SIMPLY” assertive statements
to create more impact.
Example: She simply didn’t know what to do.
Better: She didn’t know what to do.
“BASICALLY” “ACTUALLY”
Taking out “simply” “ABSOLUTELY” Example: Better:
makes the sentence If something is absolute, She was absolutely sure She was sure the
stronger. basic or actual, you don’t the killer had ran into the
woods.
killer had run into
have to add these fillers.
the woods.
(This is just as “absolute” without absolutely)
If you are talking about the past and present, it’s okay to use the word “NOW”
Example: Better:
Now stop it. Stop it.
If it occurs in a sentence, you have written, try You can present these as lists or in a table for
leaving it out and see whether the quick comparison of what is a bad
Example: The omens were very good. are still supplementing images.
Better: The omens were good. Very is an adverb of degree that increases
intensity.
Remove as many prepositions after verbs as possible.
Lastly, certain words are often redundant.
20 21 22
22. sold
Meet with
sold of
meet