StyleWriter will automatically check your document for clichés and business clichés.

Clichés are phrases that have become devalued through overuse. They can make your writing predictable, stale and wordy. Using your own words will make your writing fresher and more interesting. You should edit clichés from your writing or find a substitute.

Examples:

• acid test
• best of a bad job
• last resort
• back to the wall
• clear the decks
• bed of roses

Business Clichés - Try to edit from your writing.

Business writing has developed its own set of overused phrases that you should edit from your writing.  They are often old-fashioned phrases that give an impersonal tone. StyleWriter highlights common business clichés and offers an alternative or some advice to help you express yourself in a more natural and readable way. 

Examples:

Business Cliché	Advice
at your convenience	soon (be specific)
please be advised	(try to edit out)
thanking you in advance	(try to edit out)
trusting we	(try to edit out)
under date of	dated,  on

Avoid Clichés Like the Plague

Clichés are phrases that have become devalued through overuse.  They can make your writing predictable, stale and wordy.  Using your own words will make your writing fresher and more interesting.