http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/05/01/jargon-can-personal-best-exceed-100/ A blog to help business people write better and manage information in less time. And, enjoy it. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:19:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/05/01/jargon-can-personal-best-exceed-100/comment-page-1/#comment-476 neysanzolzer (Neysan Zolzer) Sun, 03 May 2009 03:28:16 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=844#comment-476 RT <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/M_Cullen">@M_Cullen</a> Can personal best ever exceed 100%? - http://tinyurl.com/cjoqnv RT @M_Cullen Can personal best ever exceed 100%? – http://tinyurl.com/cjoqnv

]]> http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/05/01/jargon-can-personal-best-exceed-100/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Mary Cullen Sat, 02 May 2009 15:04:01 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=844#comment-475 Charles, I so agree "free gift" feels insincere. Coincidentally, we highlighted "free gift" last month in the Error Hunt on our newsletter, and I heard from readers that most didn't find it, when hunting the error. This proves how much that redundant term has crept into marketing and business writing - sadly! Free gift is jargon that should be cut: http://www.instructionalsolutions.com/newsletter/word-choice-error Charles, I so agree “free gift” feels insincere. Coincidentally, we highlighted “free gift” last month in the Error Hunt on our newsletter, and I heard from readers that most didn’t find it, when hunting the error. This proves how much that redundant term has crept into marketing and business writing – sadly! Free gift is jargon that should be cut: http://www.instructionalsolutions.com/newsletter/word-choice-error

]]> http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/05/01/jargon-can-personal-best-exceed-100/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Charles Crawford Sat, 02 May 2009 13:46:48 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=844#comment-473 Excellent point, Mary. So many marketing writers let themselves get carried away with this practice - it's not even funny any more. It's bad enough in verbal sales pitches, but when it creeps into print, it destroys the credibility of the message. This one ranks high in my list of all-time pet peeves - right up there with "free gift". Excellent point, Mary. So many marketing writers let themselves get carried away with this practice – it’s not even funny any more. It’s bad enough in verbal sales pitches, but when it creeps into print, it destroys the credibility of the message. This one ranks high in my list of all-time pet peeves – right up there with “free gift”.

]]> http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/05/01/jargon-can-personal-best-exceed-100/comment-page-1/#comment-477 M_Cullen (Mary Cullen) Sat, 02 May 2009 00:59:42 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=844#comment-477 Can personal best ever exceed 100%? - http://tinyurl.com/cjoqnv Can personal best ever exceed 100%? – http://tinyurl.com/cjoqnv

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