Complete list of academic style checked by Grammark.
Informal / CasualAcademic Usage
plenty of a great deal of /numerous/ several
a lot of a great deal of /numerous/ several
loads of a great deal of /numerous/ several
a bit somewhat (before adj. or adv.)/ slightly
get together collaborate with
big large (number/percentage) / considerable
thing device/object
stuff material
find out ascertain/discover
do again repeat
set up establish
cut down on reduce
go up increase
come up with create
look into investigate
go up and down fluctuate
brings up the question raises the question
get rid of eliminate
turn down refuse
take back retract
put off postpone/delay
put up with tolerate
put away save
put down attribute / insult
give up relinquish / surrender
go back return to
give back return
give off produce
give away betray / donate
carry out conduct
help assist/ aid
in the end finally/ultimately
at once immediately
at the same time simultaneously/ concurrently
at first initially
on and off intermittently
mainly principally/primarily
next subsequently/subsequent/following
again and again repeatedly
understanding comprehension / comprehending
in charge of responsible for
enough sufficient
better superior to
more and more Increasingly/ unceasingly/non-stop
bad disappointing / negative
get worse deteriorate
horrible unacceptable
come in to enter
talk about discuss
come up with suggest / provide
look at examine
pin down determine
let’s consider it is important to consider
I like avoid first person
I don't like avoid first person / or if necessary "personally I dislike"
on top of that another point is / furthermore / similarly
in a nutshell briefly / in short / basically
by chance incidentally / accidentally
by accident accidentally
kids infants / offspring / children / teens
O.K acceptable/ satisfactory
okay acceptable / satisfactory
make up for compensate for
get in touch with contact
let somebody know inform someone
call off cancel
sort out resolve
deal with handle / address
to think of to conceive of/ to imagine
keep up maintain
a lot a substantial amount
stand for denote
the same as equivalent to
man male
guy male
old people senior citizens / retirees
old person senior citizens / retirees
crooks offenders / lawbreakers
awesome preferable / desirable
sick of dissatisfied with
fed up with dissatisfied with
I think that It seems that / It could be argued that
to go over exceed / review
make sure ensure
take away withdraw / remove
whenever we want without prior notice / anytime
whenever we like without prior notice / anytime
one after the other regularly
big differences significant differences
this shows that this seems to demonstrate that
etc. Delete / among other examples
and so forth Delete / among other examples
and so on Delete / among other examples
ie namely
eg for example
vs. versus/as opposed to
nice Avoid / friendly
cute Avoid / attractive
smart intelligent
tired exhausted
drunk intoxicated
really Avoid / extremely
to go up to to reach
come across find
do away with abolish
build up accumulate
finish off conclude
poor country developing country
that’s why for this reason / the reason for
how much to what extent
every year annually
each year annualy
fridge refrigerator
TV television
boss employer
obviously Extreme lanuage. Avoid
totally Extreme lanuage. Avoid
extremely Extreme lanuage. Avoid
stupid Avoid unless analyzing the word stupid
clearly Extreme lanuage. Avoid
never Extreme lanuage. Avoid or use rarely