Hi! It’s nice to see you. 😃 What do you think I meant by that happy face? Lacking the precision and nuance of language, emojis are wide open to interpretation. Along with the inherent informality that comes from inserting cartoonish faces in your emails, this fact raises questions about whether emojis are appropriate in business documents. […]
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“I coulda been a contender!” While this plaintive cry worked well for Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront”, it falls flat in business writing. Careful writers cringe when they see sentences like If I would of known they were good prospects, I would of tried harder. I should of known he was a rascal. I could
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To write clearly, we need to avoid hedging phrases like “I wanted to…” or “I’d like to…” Learn how to ditch the hedges and make your point.
A Weak Writing Pattern: “I wanted to…but I didn’t.” Read More »
5-minute read] If Abraham Lincoln had used Grammarly when he wrote the Gettysburg Address, he might have doubted himself. Running his text through the grammar checker, he would have received suggestions like: Rewrite the sentence Choose a different word Rephrase sentence Choose a synonym Would Grammarly’s ideas have yielded a tighter, more concise document? Probably.
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“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” How to manage our unintentional communication.
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