Sentences with phrase «filler words per»

Not exact matches

Simply change the top word into the bottom one by altering one letter at a time (so creating three new words to fit in the empty «rungs») Supplied on power point (1 ladder per slide) and in a word document (with answers separately) Ideal for use in tutor time or as a starter / time filler.

Simply change the top word into the bottom one by altering one letter at a time (so creating three new words to fit in the empty «rungs») Supplied on power point (1 ladder per slide) and in a word document (with answers separately) Ideal for use in tutor time or as a starter / time - filler.

Overall, men used 3.04 verbal fillers per 100 words compared to a rate of 2.07 for women.

Virtually everyone uses verbal fillers, though the frequency can vary greatly from person to person.18 A study of one language database showed that speakers produced between 1.2 and 88.5 uhs and ums for every thousand words, with a median filler rate of 17.3 per thousand words.19 Other databases show anywhere from three to twenty uhs and ums for every thousand words, placing uh and um thirty - first in a ranking of most commonly used utterances, just ahead of or and just after not.20 A British study showed that, contrary to popular expectations, the use of verbal fillers does not indicate a lack of education or manners; instead, the use of uh and um increases with education and socioeconomic status, a finding with particular implications for the legal profession.21 Older people use more uhs and ums than younger people, and, curiously, men consistently use verbal fillers more often than women — a finding that has been replicated across several studies.22 Women, for their part, appear to use a higher ratio of ums to uhs than their male counterparts.23

Eliminate filler words, use numbers to quantify your impressive results (such as «boosted sales 83 per cent») and include relevant keywords that appeared in the job posting.