Analyzing a document down to a word… Does it really matter? Y dnt u tell m3? Of course that’s an extreme example, but word choice is an important, and subtle, distinction between a good writer and a wishy-washy one. Heres an example of good words compared to words not to use.
Good Bad
Guess Assume
Nosy Curious
Haggle Negotiate
Fearful Cautious
Wishy-washy Flexible
Denotation is a word's literal (definition) meaning, while connotation is the implied meaning that the word brings up when mentioned. Wishy-washy can be described as flaky, not worth attention or worthwhile, it is much close to flexible in meaning. Flexible is its denotation, the other meanings are connotations. See how the right word matters now?
The best writing style is businesslike and friendly, for business writing in a friendly environment. In truth it all depends on your audience and writing conventions of your setting. Writing a heavily researched dissertation can impress college professors but will get you nowhere with kindergarteners. Revising is always expected across all forms of writing however. Let’s go over a few ground rules that can always be applied: Use active verbs to carry the weight of your sentence, vary sentence length and structure, use parallel structure and put your readers in your sentences (indirectly but not directly).
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