On a daily basis I know I use the word "amazing" at least 20 to 30 times for explaining a story to my friends, telling a joke, etc. It has become a habit of this generation and the generation before that to overuse the word "amazing". Before I read this article, I honestly did not know what amazing meant. Well, I thought I knew what it meant, but I was wrong. My definition was the accepted one by today's society, which was that amazing meant "big, good, excellent, kind, numerous, beautiful, etc."
While I was reading the article, I came across the part that mentions how "if everyone who works in television is amazing, then amazing isn't very amazing and no one can truly be called amazing". This statement made me realize what how I sound when I overuse the word amazing. It made everything I say seem the exact opposite of how I wanted it to sound. Instead of using the word "amazing", I should be using a more correct word that fits into my stories not be grammatically correct, but to help my friends better understand what I am saying. Now that I understand how overused amazing is, I need to broaden my vocabulary and find some synonyms for "amazing" I found a website that has synonyms just for amazing called "Synonyms for Amazing". I hope looking at this site and others will help expand my vocabulary and prepare me for the AP test.
I wrote about this article too :). I thought it was interesting how many people misuse the word but always thought it was being used correctly, myself included. We should remind each other to use the word correctly the next time we misuse it :).
ReplyDeleteThis is a good point! I will have to read the article to learn more. I am probably a victim of overusing certain words too and I will have to pay attention to what I say to make sure I don't use some words too much!
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