Repeated words in a sentence you have written!!! http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554 saunved There are a few sentences which make perfect sense, but you know that you have repeated a few words again and again in them, and these words give a sensible meaning to the already sensible sentence you have written keeping your senses in perfect sense! Like these two and the one above!: 1.It was better if the armies of the respective parts went to the respective parts to protect their respective parts with respect! 2. The lights blinked lightly as he lightly walked on the light floor. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:44:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768375 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768375 saunved Do you have any such sentences in your novel? Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:44:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768386 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768386 retromaisie No. When I find I want to use a word like lightly too many times, then I rewrite it with a more accurate word. If going for more adverbs I might use softly, delicately, faintly, subtly. If I really fail at coming up with a word I might look it up on the thesaurus, but I prefer to do that only if I'm completely drawing a blank and spending too much time staring at my computer. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:10:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_769378 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_769378 Spam286 I have a total aversion to this kind of thing. If I find myself repeating a word in a sentence that isn't something like 'to' or 'her' then I immediately search for a different one or find a way to rewrite it to avoid the problem. I dunno what the general feeling about this is, but repeating words in quick succession makes me feel icky. Unrelated observation: I absolutely cannot believe that the Chrome spell-checker is okay with a word like 'icky' but not 'sigil' or 'teleport'. C'mon! They've been acceptable words to use since, like, forever! Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:17:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_770245 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_770245 Katsuro I didn't use it, but have you heard about the sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo?" Keep in mind that "buffalo" can be a noun, the name of a place, and a verb meaning "to bully." Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:15:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_770944 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_770944 Christina Huling Related observation to your unrelated observation: I can't believe that word recognizes "speakerphone" but not "slimeball." Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:14:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_776334 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_776334 Notkieran No. This problem tends to arise with adjectives and adverbs, and it's (fairly) easy to avoid them when you (really) need to, since they, like all modifiers, do not (really) change the sentence by (very) much, and one can (often) get a better impact by using a more precise word as opposed to a generic word that you try to pour the nitro on. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:28:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1081243 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-101/threads/39554?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1081243