5 words to strike from your vocabulary

Buyers, sellers, agents take note . . .

Forbes conducted an informal poll of communication experts and career advisers to discover the biggest turn-off words.

These words are most commonly used as fillers, qualifiers, and jargon. Among the words to strike from common use:

• Like -The word shows incompetence and poor communication skills.
• Never – It “eliminates even the possibility of an idea — it can be discouraging and naive,” according to Forbes experts.
• Innovative – This has become an overused buzz word.
• Probably – It’s tentative and doesn’t reflect confidence.
• No – Nobody wants to hear “no,” so try replacing it with “I wish I could,” experts note.