This was both embarrassing and fascinating. I ran my 10-page sociology paper through a free grammar checker, and one of the features gave me a "word choice" report. It basically showed me every word I used more than three times. You guys. I used the word "therefore" FORTY-SEVEN TIMES. Forty-seven!!
In ten pages!! Apparently, it's my transition word of choice, and I had no idea. The report made it look like a heat map of my own linguistic laziness. "Moreover"? Zero times. "Consequently"? None. But "therefore" was like a flashing neon sign on every other paragraph. It was hilarious and horrifying at the same time. I went back and replaced like 40 of them with other transitions, and my paper instantly sounded way less repetitive and robotic.
So yeah, free grammar checkers aren't just for catching typos, they're for exposing your weird writing habits too. What's your overused word? I bet it's "however."
In ten pages!! Apparently, it's my transition word of choice, and I had no idea. The report made it look like a heat map of my own linguistic laziness. "Moreover"? Zero times. "Consequently"? None. But "therefore" was like a flashing neon sign on every other paragraph. It was hilarious and horrifying at the same time. I went back and replaced like 40 of them with other transitions, and my paper instantly sounded way less repetitive and robotic.
So yeah, free grammar checkers aren't just for catching typos, they're for exposing your weird writing habits too. What's your overused word? I bet it's "however."
