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45 ways to avoid using the word ‘very’

Posted on July 5, 2015 by kimwrtr

Nicholas C. Rossis

This is important, people! What if Gollum had said, “my very valuable! Nasty Hobbitses want to steal the very valuable”? (via Nat Russo)

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frenchc1955 on July 17, 2015 at 4:32 pm said:

Thanks for posting an excellent tool.

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- kimwrtr on July 17, 2015 at 8:28 pm said:
  
  Thanks for stopping by.
  
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Nicholas C. Rossis on July 6, 2015 at 1:42 am said:

Many thanks for sharing 🙂

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- kimwrtr on July 6, 2015 at 3:12 pm said:
  
  You’re welcome, Nicholas. This is an excellent tool that I can use myself. My critique partner told me not too long ago to avoid using the words very and extremely. I assume it’s still okay to use them in dialogue since people do use them when talking and my series is set in the south of the U.S. She said she tries not to use them in dialogue either.
  
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  - Nicholas C. Rossis on July 7, 2015 at 2:40 am said:
    
    Glad it helped! I think dialogue should be as realistic as possible. Nothing jars me more that reading in dialogues words never used in real life. Makes everyone sound like they’re in a Jane Austen novel 🙂
    
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