If it is your habit to continually utilize cutting-edge vocabulary in your writing in an effort to produce outstanding work, think again! You are actually making your writing less valuable because it is not targeted to the average reader.
Take a look at the first part of the first sentence here:
"If it is your habit to continually utilize cutting-edge vocabulary..."
This sentence would read better like this:
"If it is your habit to always use advanced words..."
It isn't fancy, and to a professional wordsmith it isn't as pretty or as polished as it should be, but to the average reader, it is concise and to the point.
For more information on fancy words that you should avoid in your writing, visit Laurel Shane's blog, Let's Just Be Clear. She has a wonderful post entitled Are You "Utilizing"Useless Buzzwords that every writer should read.
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