List of 92 Words or Phrases You Shouldn't Use in an Essay
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Trying to improve your academic writing? Take a look at this list of words you shouldn't use in an essay. If you find one of these words in your essay, you should probably remove it.
about/around | different kinds | general public | most unique |
absolutely | due to | good | mutual cooperation |
actual | during the course of | grown in size | needless to say |
actually | dwindle down | here’s the thing | never before |
add(s) an additional | each and every | I might add | new innovation |
all things being equal | end result | in my opinion | new invention |
all throughout | equal to one another | in order to | now pending |
alternative choice | etc. | in spite of the fact | originally created |
and etc. | exact same | in terms of | past experience |
as a matter of fact | fellow classmate | in the event that | polar opposites |
as far as I’m concerned | fellow colleague | integrate with each other | quite |
ask the question | filled to capacity | introduce the new | really |
assemble together | final outcome | it goes without saying | reason why |
at the present time | first and foremost | it seems like | refer back |
bad | first conceived | join together | so forth |
blend together | first of all | joint collaboration | so on |
careful scrutiny | for the most part | kind of | sort of |
close proximity | for the purpose of | knowledgeable expert | stuff |
completely eradicate | foreign imports | may possibly | time and time again |
connect together | former graduate | merge together | totally |
current trend | fuse together | might possibly | try to figure out |
decrease in strength | future plans | mix together | very |
depreciate in value | gather together | more or less | when it comes to |