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Oct 21, 2015 at 8:12am
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Pesky Words
An interesting article on words that should be removed from our writing. Of course, no word is truly off limits, but if you find yourself using some of these words too often, perhaps you should stop and consider a new way of phrasing something:

http://dianaurban.com/words-you-should-cut-from-your-writing-immediately

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