By Catherine Franz
Sixteen
words that attractive a negative response. Learn to write with
these replacements words:
|
Negative Word |
Replacement
Word (if there is one) |
|
but |
and |
|
try |
test |
|
if |
when |
|
might |
may, strength,
capable |
|
would |
will |
|
could |
can |
|
should |
will |
|
can't |
no replacement |
|
anxious |
I am really looking
forward... |
|
worry |
I know there is an
answer to... |
|
fail/failure |
challenge -- This
challenge needs tweaking, here is a fresh perspective |
|
quit |
shelve it |
|
react, reaction |
respond, responses |
|
pay the price |
earn the right |
|
aggressive |
assertive |
Do
you have some favorites? E-mail them to me so I can build on this
list. Tip:
Be
observant for prepositional phrases that begin with "of"!
For
the web or places that word count isn't strictly enforced and because
readers mostly scan on the web and only read at 75% of the material,
then this isn't as much of a problem. On the other hand, if
writing for print or word count, you will want to find all the
"of's" and work them out of the copy.
(c) Copyright, Catherine Franz. All rights reserved.
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