Comment by Retr0id

10 hours ago

> overused phrases and tics in your writing style

In the extreme these can be annoying, but more often I find them kinda charming, as an expression of the author's personality.

Simple example from this piece: I scrubbed 7 instances of the word “just” from it. Obviously, Emacs can do that on their own, but you have to know to look for that word, and every other one.

  • You are erasing yourself in doing this, not improving your writing.

    If you want to improve your writing, read more.

Agreed and depends on the writing. It's a very helpful tool though to be able to flag and highlight that sort of thing