Read the sentence.
"relax,” said my tennis coach. "your opponent is well trained, but she is no match for your powerful and accurate serve.”
which commonly overused word can be replaced with a more effective choice?
a) relax
b) said
c) opponent
d) powerful

said

Said is the most commonly overused word in this sentence. The other words are specific for the situation. However, said is very basic. Here a more specific words to use like encouraged, reassured, or implored.

There are many synonyms for the word said. Some others include informed, elaborated, admitted, questioned, reasoned, answered, responded, told, voiced, warned, cackled, suggested, threatened, droned, complained, laughed, hinted, growled, etc. Use a thesaurus to find even more!

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