Mr Tân IRON OUT “BABY” WORDS IN WRITING INSTEAD OF USING GOOD [A1] USE Wonderful [A2] Marvellous [B1] Advantageous [B1] Fruitful [C1] Or words depended on contexts *Baby words are vague, which not show the clear degree of our statements E.g Listening to music brings back lots of (informal) good benefits to our mental health Listening to music brings back numerous fruitful benefits to our mental health INSTEAD OF USING BAD [A1] USE Awful [A2] Disadvantageous [B1] Fruitless [C1] Desperate [C2] Or words depended on contexts E.g Children may feel blue (idiomatic expression) when their parents behave badly Children may be depressed when their parents behave desperately INSTEAD OF USING SMALL (A1) Size or Amount Minimal [C1] Minute [C2] Miniature [C2] USE Value or Importance Trivial [B2] Negligible [C2] Trifling [formal] E.g On the other hand, small companies usually treat their staffs (informal) with small offers Mr Tân On the other hand, miniature companies usually treat their employees with trifling offers INSTEAD OF USING BIG (A1) Size or Amount Vast [B2] Immense [C1] Prodigious [formal] USE Value or Importance Considerable [B2] Drastic [C1] Forceful [C2] E.g On the East side of the map, there was a big river, which had the big meaning to the villagers On the East side of the map, there was a vast river, which signified (recommended to replace “had”) the drastic meaning to the villagers THING(S) [A1]: words are variable because of distinct contexts like events, chances, decisions, signals, etc E.g It makes sense (idiomatic expression) that nowadays governments have been doing many things to protect the environment It is meaningful that nowadays governments have been trying several efforts to protect the environment Re-make these sentences: Learning languages has helped people with many good things _ Coping with strict customers is one of the things that a salesperson would face _ It is a good thing to save our nature by jacking in using plastic stuff _ Mr Tân While a lot of people count on first impression, some people don’t think it will make a big change to improve things _ ... _ Coping with strict customers is one of the things that a salesperson would face _ It is a good thing to save our nature by jacking in using plastic stuff... big meaning to the villagers On the East side of the map, there was a vast river, which signified (recommended to replace “had”) the drastic meaning to the villagers THING(S) [A1]: words are... It is meaningful that nowadays governments have been trying several efforts to protect the environment Re-make these sentences: Learning languages has helped people with many good things