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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: May 2007
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Wednesday, May 09, 2007. Where Vagueness Is Preferable. Today, while surfing the web, I came across this line on the website of a very reputable firm:. You will find that we work with the most talented copywriters who. Have an established experience in writing email copy.". Does that inspire confidence? Would you call these copywriters experienced? Would you trust their expertise? It would have been far better if they had written. Of course, this is not always the case. If yo...
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Sunday, February 03, 2008. Penny Wise, Pound Foolish. Today, I heard a very sad story about a start-up that was trying to save money. The principals were non-native English speakers. They decided to do without anyone's help in writing an introductory letter to a potential strategic partner. They got a Dear John form letter instead of the appointment they wanted. Why? Because they wrote to a Christian outlet about the New Testimony instead of the New Testament. No one to turn to?
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: Life's Little Ironies
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Tuesday, June 24, 2008. It's always a pleasant surprise when I stumble across a new link to my website. Today, I found that an academic newsletter reprinted an old piece of mine in its entirety and even included a link to its page on my website. But there's more to the story. The spell checker will accept any correctly spelled word, even if it's the wrong one. So why am I writing about this? The author added only two words and the spell checker missed the error.
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: April 2011
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Wednesday, April 13, 2011. One missing "x" makes a world of difference. When helping a client understand the language of a contract he was about to sign, I came across this language which was immensely funny but had serious contractual implications. One more reason typos have no place in your documents. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). One missing x makes a world of difference. Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Correct Me If Im Wrong. English as a second language.
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: June 2009
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Thursday, June 18, 2009. You-Turns to avoid I-Strain. A short but powerfully convincing article by Anne Miller, publisher of the "Make What You Say, Pay" newsletter, makes the following very important point for all writers. You can significantly increase the impact of your writing by recognizing that most people are more interested in hearing and reading about what matters to them. For instance, instead of writing "We provide our clients with improved products,".
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: July 2008
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Saturday, July 05, 2008. Fast paste personality, highly creative, team spirit". Do you have a fast paste personality? Don't worry. This is a classic mondegreen from a listserve I was reading yesterday. The writer, a woman whose native language is not English, misheard the actual word in the phrase "fast-paced" and concluded that the word was "paste." She's probably been writing it that way for years. Makes sense to me! How about in the rears. Instead of in arrears. By the way, eg...
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: November 2007
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Saturday, November 24, 2007. A Fabulous Game to Improve Vocabulary. I admit it. I love games - any games. But especially word games. Here's one that actually manages to make me feel productive while I have fun! The game shows you a word and four possible definitions. All you have to do is choose the right one. It's not as easy as it sounds! Click on one of the choices, and you'll immediately be given the right answer. It's devilishly simple, fun, and addictive. Links to this post.
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: April 2007
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Why E-mail Gets Deleted: The Vital Importance of Proofreading. Today, I received an e-mail with the subject line " Why Customers Leave Suddenly: The Vital Important (sic) of Sequencing." The content turned out to be interesting and relevant, but I almost passed over the whole thing as junk mail. I'm scanning my incoming mail. In this case, I just knew. But I was wrong, and I was lucky. Just as my finger was poised over the Delete. Ecause the filters aren'...
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: You-Turns to avoid I-Strain
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Thursday, June 18, 2009. You-Turns to avoid I-Strain. A short but powerfully convincing article by Anne Miller, publisher of the "Make What You Say, Pay" newsletter, makes the following very important point for all writers. You can significantly increase the impact of your writing by recognizing that most people are more interested in hearing and reading about what matters to them. For instance, instead of writing "We provide our clients with improved products,".
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong: November 2008
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Wednesday, November 05, 2008. Thoughts on Obama, technology, and our future. It will be a good time for teachers and education for the next four years. It is a good time to invest in America. The impact of YouTube, the Web and social networking has been incalculable. It's impossible to even imagine what the next election will be like. Who knows what uninvented technology will blow us this way and that? Sometimes I feel that we are all specks of dust floating in the air being buff...