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Overused words
Alternatives
Very (adverb)
Extremely/extensively/significantly/tremendously/incredibly/
unusually
Said (verb)
Alleged/argued/replied/stated/mentioned/commented/ demanded
Good (adjective)
Excellent/exceptional/phenomenal/splendid/marvelous/ satisfactory
Funny (adjective)
Amusing/entertaining/engaging/hilarious/laughable/ humorous

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Big (adjective)
Considerable/enormous/gigantic/immense/massive/colossal/ sizable
Bad (adjective)
Awful/defective/inadequate/unacceptable/faulty/inferior/ erroneous
Important
(adjective)
Dominant/foremost/predominant/principal/indispensable/ essential
Collocations
Collocations are 2 or 3 words that commonly go together and sound natural to native speakers. In other words,
collocations are chunks of language that always go together. Thus we do not paraphrase them, but using them is
crucial in writing. There are various patterns of collocations. Some of these patterns with a few examples are as
follows:
Verb-noun collocations
The government should 
raise awareness
regarding global warming.
It 
raises
an ethical 
question
.
The submitted applications should 
meet the requirements
.
It is hard to 
make ends meet
these days.
Students need to 
make an effort
to succeed.
Verb-adverb collocations
Using available resources is 
highly recommended
.
The city council 
condemned
new changes 
strongly
.
They 
totally agreed
with his idea.
The research team 
announced
their triumph 
proudly
.
The company 
benefited enormously
from the situation.