The most common mistakes and how to avoid them

It means NEVER use them in your papers
But (replace with However)
And (just omit it)
Own (my own → my, their own → their, etc.)
Anyway (this word is used ONLY in informal language)
In order to (replace with To)
Tabooed words
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Overused words
Try to replace these words in your papers with the less common analogs:
Interesting
Major
Big
Great
Good
Bad
Huge
Clever
Main
Negative
Necessary
Common
Difficult
Important
Effective
Strong
Deep
True
Completely
Absolutely
Heavy
Special
Obvious
Solid
Quite
Wide
Popular
Specific
Simple…
(use Thesaurus for replacement)
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Still crucial
Mind the prepositions;
Avoid Passive voice;
Do not use this, that, etc. as a noun, it is unclear (instead of This is beautiful write It is beautiful, etc.);
Do not put a comma in front of but also;
Avoid tautology (period of time → period, etc.);
Always spell the numerals one to ten.
Some other rules to be followed
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