Use words that convey exactly the meaning you intend. Two words might have similar definitions (denotation), but they can also have additional implications and emotional overtones, frequently, with a positive or negative slant (connotation).
 
When you write, be conscious of the importance of careful word choice and the need for precision. Your readers will get very different impressions depending on whether you describe a person as thrifty or stingly, fat or heavy, lazy or relaxed. If you select a word with inappropriate connotations, your readers experience a jarring note. Hurricanes devastate neighborhoods, but construction workers demolish a building. Writing “construction workers devastate a building” would be inappropriate. Check your dictionary; it will often reveal the subtle distinctions among words with similar definitions.
 
Similarly, using vague words can obscure your meaning. The following words do not tell your readers much and signal to you that revision would help: area, certain, aspect, circumstance, factor, kind, manner, nature, seem, situation, thing.
 
Vague: Our perceptions of women’s roles differ as we interact with new things. The girl in Charles’ story did many things that are commonly seen as a woman’s job. She did things like wash the clothes, cook, sweep the floor, and set the table.
 
Revised: Our perceptions of women’s roles differ as we have new experiences. The girl in Charles’ story did many household chores, such as washing the clothes, cooking, sweeping the floor, and setting the table, which are commonly seen as a woman’s job.
 
Words can form ladders of abstraction, moving from the very general and abstract to the very specific and concrete: tool, cutting implement, knife, and cleaver. If you do not move far down the ladder away from the general and abstract, you give your readers a lot of imaginative leeway. “Her grandmother was shocked by the clothing she bought” leaves a great deal to reader’s imagination. What kind of clothing exactly? A low-necked dress, high-heeled platform shoes, black fishnet stockings? Convey exact images and information to your readers whenever it is possible and appropriate to do so.
 
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