: Re: Do you use the word "that" too much? I find myself using the word "that" too much. How do you really know when you need that "that" word there? Like just now. I don't think I need

@Goswami879

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In editing hundreds (maybe thousands) of articles, I've found all authors have some kind of authorial tic: expressions that they use a lot, a tendency to use one verb tense over another, etc. Sometimes this is part of their personal voice; other times it's too much.

When you're writing, don't worry about it. Just get your thoughts written down on the page.

The time to remove your Needless Words is during the edit process. Nearly always I have to take out the word "really" from my own essays; that's the word I'm most likely to overuse.

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