I recently came across a pamphlet called Slips of Speech and How to Avoid Them. It was published in 1922 and written by Frank H. Vizetelly, Litt.D, LLD, Managing Editor of the Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary and its Abridgements. This fading, dog-eared publication is about 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. It […]
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Those of you who have participated in my business writing trainings know that I encourage writing whose average sentence length is between 10 and 17 words. I emphasize the word “average” because some sentences might be longer than 17 and some might be shorter than 10 in order to maintain an interesting rhythm to the
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Noted Beverly Hills attorney Robert W. Hirsh recently brought to my attention a case of the importance of using words exactly. A case he is trying hinges on the meaning of the words between and among. As most of you might know, between refers only to situations when two options exist; if there are more
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Hey! R u der? OMG did you read Ken’s memo? LOL At the risk of sounding curmudgeonly, I protest the incursion of “textisms” into business email. Acronyms like “OMG” and “LOL”, short forms like “u” and “thru” and “r” do not belong in professional discourse. Moreover, email provides other elements that make it superior to
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The email land mines series has continued for several weeks now. Here are the last three items on my list … until you write to me about more. Sending Wrong, Too Large, or No Attachments Did you ever blame someone for not responding to an attachment and then discover that you forgot to attach it
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