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Words you hate to see used

pickarooney · 2012-07-04 10:32:27

Some words just annoy me when used in a story. I can't put a finger on why exactly. A word can't really be a cliché on its own but yet the use of these words makes the writing feel that way. I think it could be that in 96% of cases there's no need to use these particular words and a less ornate one would suit better. Are…

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#52 16-08-2012 9:41am

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CKonetheonlyone wrote: »

'penchant'

Urg!

Ha Ha, I use this word conversationally....and I pronounce it the French way (because it sounds horrible the other way)

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#53 19-08-2012 11:20pm

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Not a word.. but I've noticed the use of the exclamation mark has started annoying me. When it is used a lot and I'm thinking it isn't really necessary.

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#54 11-09-2012 12:54am

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Epic , grossly overused.

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#55 16-09-2012 4:26pm

vitani

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Das Kitty wrote: »

Amen.

Mewling seems to be an increasingly common thing in speech tags. Gives me the heebee jeebees.

I used to read fanfic and there were some amount of characters who 'mewed' during sex scenes... Obviously, the authors had read or heard of 'mewled' somewhere (possibly other fanfics) but didn't quite get it.

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