Wishy-Washy Writing: Just delete these 5 words

This is worth reading and not just because it echoes my thoughts every time I read someone's blog writing that's too wishy-washy: 5 Words You Can Cut Out, from the Daily Writing Tip:

1. just
2. really
3. quite
4. perhaps
5. that

I have to add two:

1. maybe
2. very

Every time you re-read your writing, be on the look-out for these wishy-washy offenders and make your writing stronger, better.

Comments

[Denise aka The Blog Squad]

I couldn't agree more with this list. As you know, I'm a nut about getting rid of "that" unless it's absolutely necessary. This is something I learned in my first college writing class and I've been vigilant about it ever since.