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By Eugene Orlando

"ly" adverbs [delete most of them]

back [delete in most cases]

began [all] [delete in most cases when coupled with “to”]

brought [replace with more active verb]

climb [replace with more active verb]

come [all] [replace with more active verb]

down [delete in most cases]

enter [replace with more active verb]

felt [replace with more active verb]

finally [delete when it starts a sentence]

gave [all] [replace with more active verb]

go [all] [replace with more active verb]

got [all] [replace with more active verb]

held [replace with more active verb]

hit/struck [replace with more active verb]

just [delete in most cases]

look [all] [overuse]

made [all] [replace with more active verb]

move [replace with more active verb]

pick [replace with more active verb]

put [all] [replace with more active verb]

ran [all] [replace with more active verb]

really [delete in most cases]

remove [replace with more active verb]

right [delete in many cases]

saw [replace with more active verb]

set [all] [replace with more active verb]

stand [all] [replace with more active verb]

start [all] [delete in most cases when coupled with “to”]

suddenly [delete when it starts a sentence]

that [delete in most cases]

took [replace with more active verb]

try [all] [delete in most cases when coupled with “to”]

turn [overuse]

up [delete in most cases]

walk [all] [replace with more active verb]

was [all] [replace with more active verb]

both [delete in most cases]

form [if used in place of “from”]

space-paragraph mark (to erase that extra space that sometimes occur at the end of sentences)

tab-paragraph mark (to erase that extra tab that sometimes occurs at the end of sentences)

(“[all]” means to search for [all] forms of the word)