Monday 29 December 2014

Qualifying words

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.


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

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