A lot was so fine, I used it all the time.

Stuff used to be great, but now it's just too late.

Swell was such a pal, and now...it's foul.

Neat was so sweet, now using it won't be a treat.

A bunch of, "What a phrase!" but it no longer pays.

All of these words are gone and dead now.

Convicted of being mundane,

Hopefully these words will stay away

or our teacher is liable to become profane.

• Thing

• Mess around

• Something

• A lot

• A great deal

• Anything

• Lots of

• Stuff

• Everything

• Well

• All kinds of

• Nothing

• Really

• Cool

• Kind of

• Real

• Cause

• Cuz

• Sort of

• Pretty (as in "pretty good")

• Total

• Totally

• You (except for in a quote or if the writer is actually speaking directly to the reader.

• Kid

• Til

• A whole bunch

• Neat

• Got

• Get

• In this paragraph, I'm going to...

• I think that, I believe that, I feel that . . . (the whole paper is what you think, believe, and feel)

• To me, in my opinion . . .

• Ok

• Okay

• In conclusion

• And then

• Etc.

• Is/was

• Because of (could of/ could’ve)

Third Grade Errors

• its (possessive) -- it's (contraction for "it is")

• there -- their -- they're

• than -- then

• which -- witch

• too -- two -- to

• your -- you're (contraction for "you are")

• were -- we’re (contraction for "we are") -- where

• know -- no -- now

• are -- our

• weather -- whether

• through -- threw -- (thru)

• loose -- lose

• write -- right

• sight -- site

• went -- gone

• a lot -- alot

• all right -- alright

• night, light -- nite, lite (slang usage)

• enough, tough -- enuff, tuff (slang usage)

• scared/afraid -- (you are afraid -- you scared your sister)

Improper Punctuation:

• Titles of novels, plays, or longer works are underlined or in bold-face type.

• Titles of poems, short stories, or shorter works are encased in quotation marks or are in Italic type.

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