These Weak Words and Phrases are Killing Your Writing

Cut them out.

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Writing is hard. Even when you know the basics of spelling and grammar, there’s still a lot of work to do to make your writing sing.

One thing that helps is to cut out the weak words and phrases that hamstring your writing. It’s easy to fall into the trap — my first drafts are full of them. But what should you avoid? Let’s…