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Overused
words
Alternatives

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Very (adverb)
Extremely/extensively/significantly/tremendously/incredibly/
unusually
Said (verb)
Alleged/argued/replied/stated/mentioned/commented/
demanded
Good
(adjective)
Excellent/exceptional/phenomenal/splendid/marvelous/
satisfactory
Funny
(adjective)
Amusing/entertaining/engaging/hilarious/laughable/
humorous
Big (adjective)
Considerable/enormous/gigantic/immense/massive/colossal/
sizable
Bad
(adjective)
Awful/defective/inadequate/unacceptable/faulty/inferior/
erroneous
Important
(adjective)
Dominant/foremost/predominant/principal/indispensable/
essential
Collocations
Collocations are 2 or 3 words that commonly go together and sound natural
to native speakers. In other words, collocations are chunks of language that
always go together. Thus we do not paraphrase them, but using them is
crucial in writing. There are various patterns of collocations. Some of these
patterns with a few examples are as follows: