Watch Your Language

Spice up your writing: Avoid generic words and clichés

ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language
By Bonnie Trenga
Published: November 5, 2009
Are you one of those people who eats the same dinners every week? Meatloaf on Monday, spaghetti and meatballs on Tuesday, etc., etc.? If this describes your eating habits, your palate might welcome some new flavors. And if you write the same way—using the same old generic vocabulary and clichés again and again—your readers might appreciate fresh words and some spice in your writing.
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