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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Wolfe [SMTP:keith -at- MERGE -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 1998 4:13 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Overused words and phrases
>
> Ron Sering wrote:
> >
> > How about the use of nouns as verbs, as in:
> >
> > "Let's conference."
> >
> > Or verbs as nouns:
> >
> > "Perform the install."
>
>
> ...or verbs as nouns. AKA nominalizations, as in:
>
> This is a description of the software installation. or...
> This describes how to install the software.
>
>
> Try "use" (three letters) in place of "utilize" (seven letters)...
>
> "is" in place of "consists of..."
>
> "Indicates" in place of "suggests"
>
>
