Below is a great infographic detailing some weak words and how to fix them.

Do you agree with this exercise or not? Do you have anything you can add to it?

Years ago I had to strike the word “very” from an author’s manuscript because it had been used far too many times. In a very funny email the author replied with the word “very” typed over 500 times. The author said they were trying to get the word out of their system so it would not appear in their next book!

Source: www.grammarcheck.net