Outside the Canon: Words to Never Use

1. Very 2. A lot 3. All kinds of 4. Things and things like– 5. You 6. I, we, us 7. A great deal of 8. A number of 9. Any contractions (don’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t) 10. Adverbs, describing action {as in: softly lifted hands} 11. Quite a while 12. Had [as in: She had given her a warning.] 13. In today’s society 14. Now-a-days 15. I think / I feel 16. Othered 17. Could have / Should have 18. Equality 19. Maybe 20. Minority / Marginal 21. Because of 22. Racism 23. Bigotry 24. Ambiguous terms: love, soul, heart 25. Human