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what's your favourite word to use in essays?

A bit nerdy but which words do you commonly use in essays to impress?

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By (enter name here)...seems to be on most of my essays
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harlar
I overuse the words 'thus' and 'conversely'.
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rachel.h
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"Using 'Thus' in an essay because you are a literary GOD"
implies, therefore, suggests :smile:
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Stilo
'Engender', 'Disquisition', I use 'Consequently' and 'Accordingly' often as well.
connote, thus,
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H903
"Once upon a time..."
however...
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DaneCook
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Love a cheeky bit of 'Concisely' 'Specific/Specifically' and 'Ergo'
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Peachz
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Thus, ergo, one, I use God a lot because of my degree.
Henceforth, oxymoronic.
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Nfergs
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I seem to always want to repeat "However" when bringing up every argument I write.
I use 'the', 'an' and 'it' quite a lot but 'I' very rarely.
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damilola
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'so' or 'hence'
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goape
15
spaff
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Mangaka
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in "conclusion"

Cause it means i'm finally almost finished.
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Organ
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furthermore
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Lomo_gurl
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status quo and et al :biggrin:
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najinaji
18
'However', 'thus' and 'it could be argued that...' like to make regular appearances.

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