Sentences with phrase «replace weak words»

I replace weak words using my thesaurus.

Not exact matches

A copy editor checks for things like repetition (and what synonyms you can use instead), words that can be replaced to have a bigger impact, and a general «clean up» of your weaker sentences.

It's not easy to trim the fat whether eliminating those yummy chocolate truffles from our diets or cutting out the weak modifiers, «wishy - washy» words, extra «wells,» «ums,» «ers,» and «ohs» from our dialogues, and replacing adjectives and adverbs with strong nouns and verbs.

To spot passive or weaker phrasing, watch for words such as was, were, had been, was being, and so on, and replace them with stronger, more specific verbs.