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elleng

(135,687 posts) Sat Sep 10, 2016, 12:05 PM Sep 2016

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Someone made a chart of 128 words you can use instead of just adding 'very' to everything. (Original Post) elleng Sep 2016 OP

thank you. I found it very helpful. niyad Sep 2016 #1

Don't you mean beneficial or advantageous? TexasTowelie Sep 2016 #3

Words I don't like to hear, because they are overused: murielm99 Sep 2016 #4

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1. thank you. I found it very helpful.

Sat Sep 10, 2016, 12:08 PM

Sep 2016

seriously, I enjoyed the link.

(116,443 posts)

3. Don't you mean beneficial or advantageous?

Sat Sep 10, 2016, 12:20 PM

Sep 2016

(15,472 posts)

2. I love anyway to avoid hackneyed, banal, over used superlatives to convey or describe anything.

Sat Sep 10, 2016, 12:15 PM

Sep 2016

I always notice the people use who language to describe as opposed to manage the understanding of the listener .

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4. Words I don't like to hear, because they are overused:

Sat Sep 10, 2016, 02:31 PM

Sep 2016

awesome and hopefully. I think they are misused in most cases.