There's nothing humble about my opinions.

…engages readers, we should lose conversation fillers. “The thing is,” “What I’m trying to say,” and “In my humble opinion,” blare their ugly, lazy horns and trip up readers.
Beware of Purple Prose, Exposition Dumps, and Filler Phrases
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Simon Dillon
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Dec 20, 2021
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There's nothing humble about my opinions. If I ever use these words, they are modified to "In my not remotely humble opinion" or suchlike, for effect. ;)
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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