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Smart English tips

by Gyanvitaranam

Words to avoid

Avoid the word on the left and instead prefer the word on the right....

–Airplane...aircraft.

–To appeal...to appeal against.

–To author......to write.

–Downtown.....central.

–Facility.....military base, factory.

–Fall....autumn.

–Gasoline....petrol.

–Gridlock...deadlock (in metaphorical sense).

–To gun down...to shoot.

– To defeat........to beat.

Awesome?

–Ingenious.

–Magnificent.

–Majestic.

–Mind-blowing.

–Momentous.

–Moving.

–Out of this world.

–Outstanding.

–Overwhelming.

–Remarkable.

–Righteous.

–Shazam.

–Simply....

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