There’s more to it than just replacing ‘hard’ words with ‘easy’ words, and many of these alternatives won’t work in every situation. On its own the guide won’t teach you how to write in plain English. This guide gives hundreds of plain English alternatives to the pompous words and phrases that litter official writing. I hope this helps to answer your question.The A - Z of alternative words Calling all writers It's incredible to me that such a lazy person could be so successful.He showed an amazing lack of concern for others.We were hit by a terrific snowstorm last week.They are occasionally used to describe something that is very bad or hard to believe, as in these examples: Terrific, amazing, and incredible are not always used to describe something that is good.Great can be used sarcastically, as in this dialogue:ī: Oh great, now what are we going to do?.As an exclamation, speakers are most likely to use amazing, fantastic, or great as in, “That’s amazing!”.Older adults are more likely than younger people to use outstanding, superb, and terrific.Awesome is the most informal, and younger people are most likely to use it.However, if it is spoken with enthusiastic intonation, it will have added intensity. Great has the lowest intensity or strength.
Here are some usage patterns to be aware of: However, there are also differences in their use. For example, any of the words above can be used in sentences like these: All ten words below can be used to mean very good or excellent. And there are many other words in English that can have the same meaning. Superb, outstanding, and terrific are synonyms for very good.
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