Sophie McManus's Informal List of Words and Phrases to Cut

that	it seems	sort of	oh
even	even still/even as	still	or not
seem to/seems to	ah	and so	just
very	somewhat	somehow	at all
of course	especially	all right	little
small	world (often in overwrought sentences)	big	actually
certainly	tries to _____	for a long time	for a short time
only just	Because (starting sentence)	really	a bit
only	It was (starting sentence)	must have	all
very first (=first)	So/For/And (starting sentence)	sometimes	usually
anymore	some	suddenly	sudden
it. (ending sentence)	It (starting sentence)	and then	I know
you know	ever (e.g., "ever known")	then	thing/s
also	thing/s (if specific object)	such a	exact same
wondering	wandering