📘 Blog Post – Common Vocabulary Mistakes Developers Make (and How to Fix Them)

📘 Common Vocabulary Mistakes Developers Make (and How to Fix Them)

1. Using vague words instead of precise ones

Many developers say thing, stuff, or it’s not working. This makes you sound unclear and unprofessional.

❌ "This thing is slow."
✅ "This algorithm has high time complexity."

2. Misusing technical terms

Some developers mix up words like bug, error, and exception.

- Bug = flaw in logic/code.
- Error = problem detected during execution.
- Exception = specific error that can be handled.

3. Overusing jargon with non-technical people

Clients or beginners may not understand heavy jargon.

❌ "We need to optimize latency by refactoring asynchronous calls."
✅ "We need to make the app faster by improving how requests are handled."

4. Mixing up singular and plural forms

Words like data, criteria, phenomena are often misused.

❌ "This datas are incorrect."
✅ "This data is incorrect."

5. Using filler words unnecessarily

Words like basically, actually, literally weaken communication.

❌ "Basically, the code is broken."
✅ "The code throws an exception."

📝 Quick Practice

Fix these sentences:

1. ❌ "The thing crashed again." → ✅ "The program crashed due to a memory leak."
2. ❌ "This data are wrong." → ✅ "This data is wrong."
3. ❌ "The error is a bug." → ✅ "The error was caused by a bug."

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