using verbs
1. Auxiliary Verbs
The use of auxiliary verbs makes your writing
more natural since the more natural spoken English is, the more
it expresses ideas by auxiliary verbs.
Auxiliary Verbs:
aim to, be apt to, be bound to, be known to, be supposed to,
care to, claim to, get to (got to), happen to, hate to, have
to, help -ing, keep -ing, like to, mean to, mind -ing, plan to,
seem to, stop -ing, use(d) to, want to.
Ex. We'd like to help you add to your training
and get to know the company better.
2. Combining Adverbs and Movement Verbs
Using verbs that express movement, the
so-called "movement verbs", helps ideas come across
more actively. Practically all abstract ideas can be expressed
by combining certain movement verbs with certain adverbs:
Choose one of these adverbs: about, across, ahead, along, apart, around, aside,
away, back, down, forth, in, off, on, out, over, through, together,
under, up;
and combine it with a Movement Verb: bear, blow, break, bring, call, carry, cast,
catch, come, cut, do, draw, drive, drop, fall, get, give, go,
hang, hold, keep, lay, let, look, make, pick, pull, push, put,
run, set, shake, show, skip, slip, split, stand, stay, stick,
strike, take, talk, tear, throw, tie, touch, turn, walk, wear,
work.
Example:
Original
A problem which has deadlocked corporate
and union official with no prospect of satisfactory solution
is the termination of the appropriate subjects for collective
bargaining and the definition of spheres of authoritywhich are
of sole concern to management.
Rewrite
Management and labor have been trying to
set down rules for what should be worked out for collecve bargaining
and what should stay under th authority of management alon. They
are deadlocked and it doesn't look as if a real solution is going
to turn up soon ... .
3. Movement Verbs by Speed
Slow
advance, climb, crawl, creep, descend,
drag, ease, elope, emerge, enter, extripate, extract, extricate,
fade, grope, haul, hobble, hoist, hove, inch, jimmy, limp, lurch,
march, mobilize, move, paddle, parade, patrol, pause, plod, plow,
poke, prod, retreat, rise, roll, scoure, scuffle, sidestep, slacken,
snuggle, stagger, steer, step, stiffen, stop, stub, stumble,
suspend, swaggle, sway, swing, tilt, track, tread, tug, wade,
walk, wander, weed, wiggle, withdraw, wrench, yield
Fast
accelerate, charge, chase, collapse, collide,
crash, dart, dash, dive, dodge, elude, erupt, escape, expel,
explode, fall, fan, flee, fling, fly, gallop, grapple, hurl,
hurtle, jam, jerk, jolt, jump, keel, lash, leap, lunge, plunge,
pounce, propel, pummel, pursue, race, ram, reel, repel, repulse,
rip, run, rush, sail, scale, scamper, scan, scatter, scoot, seize,
shove, skid, slam, slap, slash, slide, smack, snap, snatch, spin,
spring, sprint, stomp, stump, swerve, swipe, tackle, thrash,
trounce, twist, vanish, vault, whip, whirl, wrestle, yank
4. Synonyms for Grab/Take
clutch, collar, drag, ensnare, extripate,
extract, extricate, feel, finger, fondle, force, fumble, gouge,
grapple, grasp, grip, grope, hack, handle, hoist, hold, hug,
lash, lunge, maul, move, nab, pick, pounce, pry, pull, rattle,
reach, seize, slap, snare, snatch, strike, swipe, touch, tug,
wrestle, yank
Copyright
2001, Robert I. Winer, M.D.
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