The big giveaways for me are overused idiomatic phrasing, and being unable to progress through a thesis and just circling the same idea over and over. The "thi

The big giveaways for me are overused idiomatic phrasing, and being unable to progress through a thesis and just circling the same idea over and over. The "this isn't just a _____, it's a (adjective of magnitude) _____, _____, and ______" form is one of the most egregious I see everywhere.