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nouns has an additional benefit of highlighting the differences between in- formal conversational and formal written registers.
Common Enumerative "Catch-All" Nouns
drawback element episode event evidence exercise experience
facet fact factor feature form
issue
item manner method objective occurrence
Some of these nouns have very similar meanings and can be used inter- changeably to form semantic and associative networks (and cohesive ties) in many contexts:
advance advantage
angle
approach
aspect
attempt background behavior
category challenge
change characteristic circumstance class
consequence course [of action] criterion [a]
deal
difficulty
dilemma
disadvantage plan type
aspect—facet category—class characteristic—-feature disadvantage—drawback element—item
phase—stage process—system approach—method difficulty—problem—issue task—project
phase period
technique tendency term topic trend
practice problem
process program project
purpose reason result scenario
shortfall stage step system subject task
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