For those of you looking to improve your writing and reading, take note of some of these alternative ways to describe the quality of something.
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Time/Rate of occurrence |
Never, rarely, seldomly, once in a blue moon, occasionally, sometimes, often, next to always, always, without fail |
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Conditional |
Only, except, if, on the condition that, provided that |
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Order |
Before, after, first, second, third, final, last |
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People |
Women, men, male, female, professional |
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Negative |
Non-, un-, not, no |
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Quantity |
Surpassing, over, under, few, too much, too little, not enough |
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Supporting/Refuting |
Anti-, but, yet, however, on the other hand, with this, in favour of |
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Possibility |
May, might, could, potentially, possibly, probably, must, certainly |
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Importance |
Necessary to, need to, ought to, have to |
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Comparison |
More … than, bigger, smaller |
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Additional info |
Further, in addition, also, as well |
