Words or phrases that will make your writing weak.

weak-words-or-phrases.md

• accordingly -> so
• accuracy -> accurate
• admit to
• all of
• all things being equal
• as a matter of fact
• appearance -> appeared
• are after -> seek, desire, want
• as being
• as far as I’m concerned
• as to whether
• as yet
• at all times
• at the end of the day
• at the present time
• at this point in time
• belief -> believe
• brilliance -> brilliant
• care about -> value
• carelessness -> careless
• catch on -> resonate, spread
• caused considerable confusion -> baffled
• made a comparison -> compared
• cut down on -> limit, reduce
• decreased in strength -> weakened
• description -> describe
• is right after -> follow
• did not have much confidence in -> doubted, distrusted
• did not pay attention to -> ignored
• did not remember -> forgot
• having difficulty -> struggling
• due to -> because
• due to the fact
• do with ease -> easy
• facilitate -> yield, aid, help
• failure -> failed
• figure out -> guess, decide
• find out -> learn, determine
• for all intents and purposes
• for the most part
• for the purpose of
• get -> become, acquire, land, retrieve
• get out of -> exit
• give in -> concede, quit
• go ahead and
• go back over -> reread, reexamine, reevaluate
• go into -> visit, enter, discuss, explain
• go on -> continue
• had a discussion concerning -> discussed
• has/have to be -> must be
• helps keep -> keeps
• here’s the thing
• I believe (that)
• I might add
• increase in strength -> strengthen
• individual -> man, woman, person
• initial -> first
• intensity -> intense
• intention -> intend
• in terms of
• in my opinion
• in order to -> to
• in spite of that fact that -> although
• in the event [of, that] -> if
• in the process of
• is in love with -> loves
• is interesting to me -> interests me
• lacked the ability to -> couldn't, wasn't able
• led to the destruction of -> destroyed
• made a decision to -> decided
• make/made an announcement -> announced
• made it to -> arrived, reached
• not honest -> dishonest
• not important -> trivial, unimportant, minor
• offered a suggestion -> suggested
• on a regular basis -> regularly
• pick out -> choose
• pick up on -> sense, notice
• point out -> emphasize, mention, say
• play up -> emphasize
• show up -> arrive, appear, enter, visit
• the important thing is to
• the most important thing is to
• time and time again -> repeatedly
• took up -> occupied, consumed
• transformation -> transformed
• try to figure out -> decide, determine
• utilize -> use
• went back over -> reread, reevaluated
• when it comes to
• which is
• who is
• with reference to -> regarding
• you can
• you're going to -> you'll
• you’re going to [have, need] to -> you must, you'll have to