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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:
Verb-noun collocations
The government should 
raise awareness 
regarding global warming.
It 
raises 
an ethical 
question
.
The submitted applications should 
meet the requirements
.
It is hard to 
make ends meet 
these days.
Students need to 
make an effort 
to succeed.
Verb-adverb collocations

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Using available resources is 
highly recommended
.
The city council 
condemned 
new changes
strongly
.
They 
totally agreed 
with his idea.
The research team
announced 
their triumph 
proudly
.
The company 
benefited enormously 
from the situation.