The Language Perfectionist: A Congeries of Misuses
Once again, it’s time for a selective roundup and analysis of mistakes in the news: “It is ironical that the author of the book that accurately depicted the lives of China’s rural poor… was rejected by the revolutionaries themselves.” The standard form of the word is ironic, not ironical. In…
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It was an experimental wine that Thierry had been working on…
He thought it had potential, so he decided to share it with Guy.
He poured two glasses. They sipped it.
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There are three emotional levels most everyone experiences during their journey through setting and achieving their important life goals:
1. THE HIGH
2. THE LOW
3. THE PLATEAU
The Power of Solitude
In my last ETR essay (“Accessing Your Inner Guidance”), I gave you three questions to ask yourself. The objective was to get in touch with your feelings — to look deep inside in order to evaluate your life and determine what truly makes you happy.
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Last night I watched Michael Moore’s documentary Capitalism: A Love Story. As always with his films, I found it to be entertaining propaganda.
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Whenever we start promoting our annual Info Marketing Bootcamp, the ETR office buzzes with excitement.
One reason is because we look forward to seeing a few familiar faces.
In fact, quite a few people come back to Bootcamp year after year.
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One of the basic principles of good writing is to omit unnecessary words. Conciseness beats verbosity. Consider these examples I recently encountered:
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“I’ve never done a deal that big,” he said.
“So what!” I said. “Just go for it. You’ve done similar deals lots of times.”
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Personally, I’m sick of BP. I don’t care if they survive. But I am interested in making money off of BP’s problems.
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