The Word ‘Somehow’

The word somehow is often just filler in a manuscript. Take the sentence

The statue was somehow not what Jane had expected.

Jane was obviously expecting the statue to be different from what she saw. But somehow doesn’t reveal what or why.

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The Word ‘It’

It is not the shortest word in English, but it is pretty close. On the other hand, it is used fairly often. Do the previous sentences make the point? The first use is the main one, and each of the other two refers back to, and is a substitute for, that first occurrence. But it can be overused, as these sentences also demonstrate.

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