I feel so used.
Today’s weak word is “use” and its cousins “used” and “using.”
I use big words when I write blog posts.
And you make my head spin.
My blog readers need a dictionary by their side when they read my posts.
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I used big words in my blog posts until my followers un-followed me.
Really? All two of them?
My intellect scared off my followers.
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By using big words in my blog posts, I sound smart.
He he he.
Big words in your blog posts makes you sound like a jerk.
“Use,” “used,” and “using” were not serial offenders in my manuscript, but when I didn’t “use” them . . . I mean, when I edited them out, the sentences packed more punch.
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
- Strong vs Weak Words – Part 9 for the word ALL
- Strong vs Weak Words – Part 10 for INDEFINITE NUMBERS
- Moldy Verbs, Adverbs, and Intensifiers
Robin Coyle 