Word to Avoid
I, me, myself
will
Also
Must
Very
Always
Everyone
That
Really
You
Think
feel
A lot
Why To Avoid It
Informal
It’s too difficult to defend
redundant
They must? What if they don’t? This is
demanding!
The data and thoughts should be the
emphasis, not the adjectives and adverbs
Are you sure they 100% always do this?
Everyone? 100% of all people?
That is used to much! Check how many
times you wrote “that” and see if you can
exchange it with the suggested words. Or,
you can simply omit.
The data and thoughts should be the
emphasis, not the adjectives and adverbs
Informal
We should know what you think by what
you write, not by you pointing it out.
Formal writing is for facts… not feelings
Replace With
The researcher, the author
Can, does, do, may
In addition, furthermore, but
Can, should, may
Just omit “very” and do not
replace
Omit it!
some
Which or who works. Omit
it.
Omit it!
The reader
The research suggests, the
data suggest
The research suggests, the
data suggest
Omit it!
The data and thoughts should be the
emphasis, not the adjectives and adverbs
Currently,
You are dating your paper. What if it is read Omit it!
today
10 years from now, it is not today!
He/she/me/we
Pronouns are informal and not indicative of Omit it and rewrite the
They/their/them academic writing
sentence to remove it.
it
Thus, therefore, These are filler words and add no meaning
Omit it.
however,
to the paper, or the statement
otherwise
So
Filler word
Omit it
This
This what? You can use this if you follow it Delete it, or follow with a
with a noun
noun