Dead Words

The following words are no longer allowed to be used in any written assignment for this class…yes that also means homework, classwork, blogs, etc. You must get use to using more formal language and those are all opportunities for great practice.

• Contractions - couldn't, shouldn't, can't, won't, don't, I'm, and all other uses to shorten words. They must be spelled out. (i.e. could not, should not, cannot, etc.)
• All abbreviations except common ones such as Dr., Mr., Mrs., Ms., A.M., P.M., B.C., A.D., etc.
• All slang words
• Any of the second person usage of you (you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves)
  • Instead of writing, "You might be wondering…" write "One may wonder…"
• Phrases such as (but not limited to):
  • In conclusion…
  • I am going to talk about…
  • My paper is going to be about…
  • Have you ever…
  • I think…
  • In my opinion…
  • In the book…
• All words that do not really define anything. A list of these words are all listed below. You need to get use to being more descriptive.

a lot	anybody	anything	bad	big	bigger	biggest	cool	could of	every	everybody	everything
get	getting	go	going	gone	gonna	good	got	gotta	gotten	great	guy(s)
interesting	just	kind of	little	lots of	must of	nice	nicer	nicest	nobody	really	should of
so	some	somebody	something	stuff	thing(s)	well	very	went