You’re walking innocently across a field. Suddenly you stumble on a hidden land mine. Pow! Disaster strikes. This kind of event happens daily in organizations where people use email extensively. In coming blog posts, we will explore some of the most explosive areas in business email usage. 1. Writing in Haste “Act in haste; repent …
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“I’m anxious to get on with this project.” “I’m just dying to see you!” “That dinner was to die for!” a killer presentation!” Why do people talk and write like this? What’s all this about anxiety and dying? Don’t say you’re anxious to do anything. You may be eager or excited, but mentioning anxiety just …
You can listen to my recent radio interview with Cindy Rakowitz of BR Public Relations on THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WRITTEN WORD http://bit.ly/9vJq9v. The host brings out the fact that the public education system has all but failed in preparing students to write in the real world. They don’t learn to avoid getting lost in …
Many people were kind enough to send me examples of errors they or others had made in business writing. Here are a few examples. Unconscious Slips Embarrassment awaits those who blithely type the contents of their unconscious mind – and don’t catch themselves before they hit “send.” Someone wrote: I recently started an email by …
What a difference a prefix makes. In the highly publicized divorce case of Frank and Jamie McCourt, owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a high-priced attorney has admitted to changing the word “exclusive” to “inclusive” in a post nuptial agreement about the division of the couple’s assets. Did the lawyer really “miswrite”, as he stated …
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