Exercise 2 - Alternatives to the pompous words and phrases

Using everyday words is an important first step towards clearer writing. Many 'hard' words can be just replaced with 'easy' words. Can you replace the following pompus words and phrases with the simple and easy ones? (Click me - online interactive exercise)

(a. like) (b. total) (c. polite) (d. from now on) (e. though, although)
(f. later) (g. if, when) (h. a year) (i. very small) ( j. wages, salary)
(k. soon) (l. quickly) (m. wait, postpone) (n. even if, despite, yet) (o. most, mostly)

1. aggregate ( )
2. along the lines of ( )
3. courteous ( )
4. despite of the fact that ( )
5. expeditiously ( )
6. henceforth ( )
7. hold in abeyance ( )
8. in the majority of the instance ( )
9. in the near future ( )
10. negligible ( )
11. notwithstanding ( )
12. per annum ( )
13. remuneration ( )
14. subsequently ( )
15. to the extent that ( )

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