“Seen any mistakes lately?”
I used to teach evening writing classes, and my students knew that I had a day job in corporate communications. Sometimes they’d ask, ‘What mistake do you see most often?’ Most of them worked in corporate settings too, and some lacked confidence in their writing. My sense was that they wanted a punch line, an […]
Jargon: Making it all about you
Everyone says they hate it. But they continually invite it to the party, then act surprised when it shows up. Do we even know what jargon looks like? Many think it’s acronyms or their company’s internal language. Others say it’s trendy buzzwords and phrases. (With the 90s well behind us, I thankfully haven’t heard of […]
The deeper value of a second set of eyes
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.98″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Every writer knows that small mistakes are easy to miss, and that’s why conventional wisdom is to have someone else give it a read before something is sent, posted or published. But catching typos isn’t the only reason. At 0:45 […]
