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12-16-2004, 01:47 AM
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Writing Machine
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Calgary
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*whispers* puuuuuuuuuuuuma
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It's not opression when you are protecting the voice of the majority.
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12-16-2004, 07:23 PM
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Scribe
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: SE Wisconsin
Gender: Male
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"However" seems to pop up a lot, which also results in me being a little comma happy. I firmly believe, however, that there are worse words to use.
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12-17-2004, 08:19 AM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Behind you.
Posts: 1,065
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Almost. Can't seem to shake the bugger.
Also "Boo".
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Once upon a time in the future ....
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12-18-2004, 02:54 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central Florida
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I use 'very' too much. Sometimes just too. A good thing about most word processing programs, like word, is you can set it to remove the word as you go.
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12-20-2004, 06:39 AM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sunny Arizona, USA!
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You can even set it to highlight all the incidences of a particular word in the version I use 
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"Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
---Edmund Burke
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12-20-2004, 09:47 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Santa's Sweatshop
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mine is "said" and for some reason i just can't stop my characters from saying "Are you alright?" or "You alright?" YES THEY'RE FINE! NOW SHUT UP! okies i got that off my chest at least. |
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12-20-2004, 10:39 PM
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Writing Machine
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Calgary
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puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuma! 
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It's not opression when you are protecting the voice of the majority.
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12-21-2004, 08:33 AM
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Addict
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hershey Pennsylvania
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I use the word whereas constantly. I know my teachers love me for it and, my characters hate me for it.
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12-21-2004, 01:50 PM
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Scribe
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 55
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I am not only haunted by specific words, I am haunted by authors. Not long ago it was Edna St. Vincent Millay who wouldn't leave me alone.....
Now I notice other writers "word haunting".... perhaps this is why I am so enamored of the thesaurus?!
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