Big is one of the first adjectives most of us learn in English, and it is also one of the most overused. We say big house, big problem, big day, big mistake, and after a while the word starts to feel flat. It tells the reader something is large, but it does not say how … Read more
We all use the word bad. The food was bad. The weather was bad. The movie was bad. It is a useful word, but it is also a lazy one. It tells the reader almost nothing about what actually went wrong. Was the food tasteless, burnt, or stale? Was the weather cold, stormy, or just … Read more
Good is one of the first words we learn in English, and it is also one of the words we use most. We say good morning, good luck, good job, good food and good news, sometimes ten times before lunch. The problem is that good does so much work that it often says very little. … Read more
