Bad repetition often occurs when the writer is struggling to get their message across.
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I want to look at a feature of English that international speakers of English always have trouble with – uncountable nouns.
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Here are 3 words I think could be sending the wrong message when used in emails.
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It's worth reading as a textbook example of how not to write an apology.
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In February 2016, Stephen Hull, the editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post UK was asked in a radio interview why he doesn’t pay his writers.
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Someone forwarded me this piece of buzzword-addled blather, which had arrived in his inbox:
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A rather dull blog post blown up and mounted onto a poster for the commuters of Harpenden to ignore after a hard day's bonus-chasing in the City.
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We just rediscovered this fabulous barrage of bollocks in the Doris and Bertie swipefile of corporate tommyrot.
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This is what passes for “insight” at “the trusted advisor to the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions”
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Remember: an apology’s about the other person, not you.
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The first rule of breaking bad news?
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Are you good at shaping new initiatives in the front of funnel?
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Want to know what’s the worst thing about this new “market place” for education?
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A reader forwarded me this wonderfully bad piece of HR-speak, which had landed in his inbox:
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For your amusement - some bits and bobs that entertained us while we were out and about.
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Expressing yourself clearly in a foreign language is hard enough, but how about expressing yourself clearly while also not offending anyone
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Most large organisations have at least one set of guidelines for writers.
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I particularly like that first sentence. It's 100 words long and the verbal equivalent of a Möbius strip.
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If anything, the rename has increased the chances of mis-selling.
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The phrase “advise and revert” is not standard English.
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