Diction
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
Eliminate Redundancy
Confused Words
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Shingeki no Kyojin

100

Her beautiful dress was carefully sewn by hand.

beautiful = adjective

carefully = adverb

100

Many uneducated people who have never gone to school continue to vote for better schools.

Take out "who have never gone to school".
100

I was accepted/excepted to a really good college.

accepted

100

My back is more light than yesterday.

more light changes to lighter

200

That scarf really compliments your outfit.

complements

200

The best thing to do was to wait patiently.

best = adjective

patiently = adverb

200

The members of the committee will have a last, final decision by the end of this week.

Take out "last".
200

Her study of gorillas has been sited/cited in several major books.

cited

200

With a minute remaining to go, she tried to finish her work before class ended.

Take out "to go".

300

Although most of the manuscripts were signed by their authors, some were written unanimously.

anonymously

300

David unknowingly picked up the wrong bag.

unknowingly = adverb

wrong = adjective

300

There were three teachers who taught each and every hour today.

Take out "each and".

300

She wasn't even phased/fazed by the fire down the street.

fazed

300

She was a principal/principle benefactor of the new hospital ward.

principal

400

She made an illusion to the fact that she was once a beauty queen.

allusion

400

I almost never watch television because of the terrible commercials.

almost = adverb

never = adverb

terrible = adjective

400

Chocolate ice cream tastes delicious and really good.

Take out "and really good".

400

We were amazed at how adapt/adept the juggler was.

adept

400

The counsel will decide how to finance the new city park.

council

500

The symbols on the cave walls are ambivlaent; scientists have been debating their meaning for decades.

ambiguous

500

The fastest runner finished first.

fastest = adjective

first = adverb

500

I wake up at 5 A.M. in the morning.

Take out "in the morning".

500

After our vacation we decided to precede/proceed with the plan.

proceed

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