Sentences with phrase «on a crutch word»

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The late Lucy Dawidowicz, distinguished historian of the Holocaust, declared that there should be a moratorium on the very use of the word «Holocaust» — that it has become a crutch and an excuse and a cheapener of memory — and what she said is undeniably right and healthy.

Focus on all aspects of your manuscript such as the overall story and tone, grammar, spelling, problematic punctuations, formatting and the removal of crutch words — These are words you tend to use over and over again.

Cut all of your little crutch words: just, actually, that, and so on.