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Strong vs Weak Words – Part 9 ~ All

24 Thursday May 2012

Posted by robincoyle in In Search . . ., Strong vs Weak Words

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Overused Words, Overusing the Word Just, Strong vs Weak Words, Strong Words, Weak Words, writers, writing

“All the world’s a stage . . . “

 ~William Shakespeare

Really Bill? Isn’t it the same if you said, “The world’s a stage?”

He scoffed from deep in his grave and said, “It is lyrical with the “all” in situ.”

True, so true.  How Shakespearean of you. However . . .

 All the donuts are stale.

Is more visual when stated . . .

I chipped a tooth because I bit into Bill’s stale donut.

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All the people adore Robin’s blog posts.

 And why wouldn’t they?

Bloggers from Istanbul to Bakersfield adore Robin’s witty blog about writing.

Did you notice I nuked the word PEOPLE too?

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That was all the time I had to work on my novel today.

You must be writing a blog.

I had one minute to work on my novel today because I was reading hundreds of brilliant words written by Robin.

See what I mean? Sometimes “all” is okay, but please don’t ever say “alls,” as in “alls I’m gonna to do is fix me some ribs.” Hmmm . . . I’m hungry. How about you Bill?

William Shakespeare

Cover of William Shakespeare

For advice on other words that sneak into your writing, clink on the links below:

  • I Have a Problem with “That”
  • Sneaky Little Words for the word GOT
  • Strong vs Weak Words for the word WENT
  • Strong vs Weak Words – Part 2 for the word PEOPLE
  • Strong vs Weak Words – Part 3 for the words THING and STUFF
  • Strong vs Weak Words – Part 4 for the words GO and GOING
  • Strong vs Weak Words – Part 5 for the words ALWAYS and NEVER
  • Strong vs Weak Words – Part 6 for the words PRETTY, SURE, and CERTAIN
  • Strong vs Weak Words – Part 7 for the word HAD and HAVE
  • Strong vs Weak Words – Part 8 for the word JUST
  • Moldy Verbs, Adverbs, and Intensifiers

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