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| # List of words to avoid, specifically in education writing. | |
| # From: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| # The terms `however` and `so` are not included as they’re only an offense if at | |
| # the start of a sentence according to CSS Tricks. | |
| # If you want messages for those, use `retext-intensify`. | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - obvious | |
| - obviously | |
| note: Not everything is as obvious as you might think. And if it isn’t obvious to the reader, it can hurt. | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: just | |
| note: Not everything is as easy as you might think. And if it isn’t easy for the reader, it can hurt. | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: basically | |
| note: It’s probably not that basic. If you’re going to explain a confusing previous sentence with a clearer next sentence, why not drop the former and only use the latter? | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - simple | |
| - simply | |
| note: It’s probably not that simple. Even if it is, you probably don’t need to specifically say it. | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - easy | |
| - easily | |
| note: It’s probably not that easy. Even if it is, you probably don’t need to specifically say it. | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: of course | |
| note: If it’s self-evident then maybe you don’t need to describe it. If it isn’t, don’t say it. | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: clearly | |
| note: If it’s self-evident then maybe you don’t need to describe it. If it isn’t, don’t say it. | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: everyone knows | |
| note: If it’s self-evident then maybe you don’t need to describe it. If it isn’t, don’t say it. | |
| source: https://css-tricks.com/words-avoid-educational-writing/ | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - straight forward | |
| - straightforward | |
| - straight forwardly | |
| - straightforwardly | |
| note: It’s probably not that straight forward. Even if it is, you probably don’t need to specifically say it. | |