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Convo with daughter:
Me: I found advice that suggested we overuse the word "it" and it's often a weak word that can be replaced with the actual object of reference. My 96K word book has over 1800 instances of the word "it."
Daughter: So, your book is like 2% the word "it"?
Me:
Me: I found advice that suggested we overuse the word "it" and it's often a weak word that can be replaced with the actual object of reference. My 96K word book has over 1800 instances of the word "it."
Daughter: So, your book is like 2% the word "it"?
Me:
I'm here questioning all my life choices. How does this book not read like it's 2% the word "it"? It seems like it should.
My daughter also mocked me because while trying to explain how ridiculous it was to have a 2% "it" book, I used the word "it" a bajillion times. I now no longer question how my book is 2% "it." My actual dialogue IRL is 50% "it." 50% "it" and 50% "actually." That's actually it.
