Comments on: 51 Over-Used Adverbs, Nouns, and Clichés in Writing

By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen

Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:09:30 +0000

Thanks, Shawn! Yes, I’d love to read how you used these overused adverbs, nouns, and cliches in writing…will check it out….

By: Shawn Mackey

Shawn Mackey — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:59:42 +0000

I really enjoyed your post. As an English teacher I am constantly trying to get my students to write at higher levels. I took your list of overused adjectives and wrote a little paragraph using the words. I posted it to my blog if you would like to read it.

By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen

Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:50:31 +0000

Thanks for your comments — you’ve given me lots to chew on

By: WritergalinOhio

WritergalinOhio — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:23:06 +0000

Though I totally agree with the bulk of this list, “at the end of the day” (lol) it seems that every phrase we utter these days is quickly becoming obsolete…

I agree with the other posters, it’s good to have these types of reminders in the back of our heads as we write – it forces more creativity.

I am waiting on the day that Google becomes a cliche – lol…I guess I’ll probably be the only one waiting on that one, especially since they have taken over the world – lol. GOOGLE FOR PRESIDENT!

By: Desolie

Desolie — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:41:36 +0000

Great list. It’s a challenge to find new ways to convey your message, but it can be done.
My pet hate (as an editor of business and technical writing) is the use of tautologies – free gift, added bonus, raise up, universally loved by all.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:55:55 +0000

What about in dialogue? My characters “totally” say totally quite a lot, and other daggy things But that’s dialogue, so… I figure it’s “totally” okay.

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By: Robert Earle Howells — Surefire Writing

Robert Earle Howells — Surefire Writing — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:51:11 +0000

Laurie,

Constructive criticism is always helpful. Getting careful editing is one of the overlooked benefits of writing for print. To put it gently, the Web allows a lot of autodidacts to run amok.

Bob
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By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen

Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:18:17 +0000

That’s clever, Manalto — “acutely aware” may be redundant!
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