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Related: About this forumSomeone made a chart of 128 words you can use instead of just adding 'very' to everything.
http://www.someecards.com/life/workplace/better-vocabulary-words-to-use-instead-of-very/?utm_content=37813687&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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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
I love anyway to avoid hackneyed, banal, over used superlatives to convey or describe anything.
orpupilofnature57
Sep 2016
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niyad
(122,508 posts)1. thank you. I found it very helpful.
seriously, I enjoyed the link.
TexasTowelie
(119,126 posts)3. Don't you mean beneficial or advantageous?


orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)2. I love anyway to avoid hackneyed, banal, over used superlatives to convey or describe anything.
I always notice the people use who language to describe as opposed to manage the understanding of the listener .
murielm99
(31,729 posts)4. Words I don't like to hear, because they are overused:
awesome and hopefully. I think they are misused in most cases.