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10 Words to Avoid in Formal Writing

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Updated October 08, 2018

Purists may tell you that many of the words in the list below aren't "really" words at all, but that's misleading at best. A few of the words are simply misspellings, and the rest are informal expressions or slang phrases that frequently appear in everyday speech (or vernacular).

Nevertheless, according to the conventions of Standard English, all 10 of the following words should be avoided in reports, essays, research papers, and all other types of formal writing.

1.
 (one word) is a common misspelling of  (two words). "[W]e all may write  one day," says  (2005), but for now "keep in mind that  is still considered an error in print." 

2.
Because the abbreviation  (from the Latin ) means "and so on,"  is redundant. In any case, avoid using  in your essays: often it gives the impression that you simply can't think of anything else to add to a list. 

3.
Huck Finn can get away with saying, "There warn't a sound anywheres," but on formal occasions drop the terminal . If  appears anywhere in your dictionary, it's probably labeled "nonstandard" or "dialectal."

4.
Don't confuse this nonstandard form with the contraction .  (along with  and ) can and should be replaced by  (and  and ). As for , avoid dwelling on them—both in writing and in life.

5.
This alternative form of the reflexive pronoun  is commonly heard in certain dialects, but in formal writing steer clear of  (and  as well—though both were regarded as good usage in Middle and Early-Modern English).

6.
The comparative form of  is  or . The superlative form is  or . Nothing's gained by combining the two forms. 

7.
This double negative ( at the beginning and  at the end) may not deserve Bryan Garner's label of "semiliterate . . . barbarism," but he's probably right that in print it "should have been stamped out long ago" (, 2009). Use  instead.

8.
 is a possessive pronoun (like  or ).  is a contraction of  or . That leaves nothing for  to do—so toss it. 

9.
 means "let us us." To avoid the repetition, write  ("She lets us play in her yard") or  ("Let's play in her yard") or  ("Let us pray"). 

10.
If you have the know-how to write, you don't need to be told to avoid . Instead use  or .

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