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By: 10 Creepy Writing Things · New Venture Communications

10 Creepy Writing Things · New Venture Communications — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:43:15 +0000

[...] (typeof(addthis_share) == “undefined”){ addthis_share = [];}I love the title of this Bob Cramblitt blog where he likens the software dev phenomenon known as feature creep or scope creep to writing. I’m [...]

By: 10 Creepy Writing Things · The NVC POV

10 Creepy Writing Things · The NVC POV — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:19:58 +0000

[...] love the title of Bob Cramblittâ€™s latest blog where he likens the software dev phenomenon known as feature creep or scope creep to writing. [...]

By: Pamela Lacey

Pamela Lacey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:09:16 +0000

I’d love to meet the person who invented the term “value-add” to replace “benefit.”

By: bobc

bobc — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:47:12 +0000

I’m laughing, Elliot, laughing to keep from crying.

By: Elliot Nedas

Elliot Nedas — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:43:28 +0000

This situation is untenable. My fury is raging deep within the volcanic bowels of my cerebellum. Desperately I reach for the plateau of least linguistic transgression, yet, again and again we are drawn into the mire of twisted linguistic geometry. Then again, language is not physics therefore if we change the rules slightly the systems still functions. All be it at a annoying capacity…

By: MargaretL

MargaretL — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:59:51 +0000

Regarding #3–I’ve heard an even worse butchering of that noun on more than one occasion, from more than one client: incentivize. “We need a new program that will really incentivize our sales force.” Have you also noticed the use of the term “on board” in all sorts of new contexts beyond the maritime: “we need to get everyone on board with this project.” “This website will be used as an on-boarding tool for new staff…” It makes me, and my Roget’s, want to jump overboard.

By: AmyK

AmyK — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:42:34 +0000

One of my biggest creepy things is in your article heading: dates shown as ordinals when they should be in the cardinal figures.

By: asmoore

asmoore — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:13:00 +0000

I would love to see the regeneration of the capital I - I am sick to death of students using “i.” Please forgive the quotation marks.

By: bobc

bobc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:43:03 +0000

Agree, Paulo, that grammar is a set of guidelines; nothing should be strictly by the book (whatever that book might be), no matter what you’re writing.

By: bobc

bobc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:40:24 +0000

I know what you mean Mike.