This time we'll take up these other two reference word strategies in the good writing repertoire—(4) the use of broader meaning words for particular words earlier used, and (5) the use of summary words to clarify or emphasize the nature or context of various subjects already discussed. Using broader meaning words. Our writing can greatly perk up when these pronouns are replaced with content-laden words that represent a broader set of their antecedent nouns. Now see how that humdrum passage gets more interesting when the pronoun "they" are replaced with broader meaning words:"Eagles are large birds that belong to the family Accipitridae. The pattern is to go from the particular noun as the lowest subset to increasingly broader, more detailed noun forms.

Source: Manila Times April 07, 2022 05:38 UTC