Lazy Words

by | Jun 26, 2024 | Uncategorized

There are many lazy words in English. I try to avoid them in my writing, and the few that slip through are usually deleted in a second draft. What do I mean by lazy words? Words that aren’t missed when taken out of a sentence. I just used the most common one:...

Expanding my vocabulary

by | Sep 26, 2019 | Uncategorized

Eponymous:  (of a person) giving their name to something. “the eponymous hero of the novel” synonyms: identifying, after whom/which something is named, designative, appellative, denominative.   I suppose it’s no surprise to anyone that writers...