Excerpted from “It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches ... matter of fact in law, for example, or exhibit a tendency in scientific writing. Once an expression ...

corrupt writing is not necessarily capable of corrupting thought. Meanwhile, it’s quite easy to convey a crystal-clear thought even if the prose is riddled with clichés. For example ...

That paragraph encapsulates the most tired cliché of science writing: "It sounds like science ... NPR's Ethics Handbook carries a warning on cliches: "Reporters and news writers are under ...

(Good idea.) Then it made a promise: “Moving forward, I will make a concerted effort to steer clear of cliches in my writing.” Even when I asked specifically for a high-school-graduation ...

read widely to find examples of what moves you, keep text messages, voice notes, writing on scraps of paper, notebook.” Radonich recalls an experimental text the Melbourne-based artist Emma ...