Word lists
The lists behind the editor's highlights, published in full. Use them as prompts to look again, not as rules.
Plain words
Formal words and the plainer words that usually do the same job.
Wordy phrases
Phrases that take several words to say what one word says better.
Clichés and jargon
Stock phrases that readers skim past, and corporate jargon that hides the point, with plainer alternatives.
Hedge and weasel words
Words that soften, inflate or blur a claim, sorted by what they do.
Nominalizations
Nouns made from verbs, and the verbs that usually say it faster.