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No stinking thinking and words here.
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Kathleen Luiten
Princeville, HI
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John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque, NM
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Great question, Michael Thornton
I have eliminated 'but' and use 'not' sparingly (apart from 'if' and 'try' replaced appropriately by 'when' and 'intend'.)
And yes, I do see a BIG difference!
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Praful Thakkar
Burlington, MA
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I don't consider try negative. It's somewhat positive to me. Can't would be negative.
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Chris Webb
Tucson, AZ
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But, if and try are all fine is some usages and can be negative in other usages. I'm very aware when using them. "Negative" is a word I am careful about too.
One phrase I never use is "It will kill (me, us, the deal, etc.) ...". Words have power.
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Cheap. I dont like the word cheap, instead I will correct people and insert Inexpensive (cheap refers to quality). I also dont like the word "problem", instead I use opporunity as really, all problems are opportunities. Good question.
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Here are the words that annoy me most -
"obviously" - if obvious, then doesn't need to be said
"folks" - I am not your folks - mine are gone, enough of this....
"the notion that" - another ugh of a phrase....
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sounds like Yoda! I am eliminating those words - and then will look for more