Comments on: Business Writing Words to Ban for 2010 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/ 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 By: Liz Tucker http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Liz Tucker Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:09:00 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1569#comment-942 I can't bear "quantitative easing", which really means printing money! I can’t bear “quantitative easing”, which really means printing money!

]]> By: Business Writing at Word Nerds http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Business Writing at Word Nerds Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:37:24 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1569#comment-937 Thank you, Mary. It's good to watch for these in our business writing. A common one I particularly dislike in business writing is the verb 'drive'. For example, 'drive change', 'drive sales' and 'drive profits'. Cheers, Michael Gladkoff Business Writing at Word Nerds Thank you, Mary.

It’s good to watch for these in our business writing. A common one I particularly dislike in business writing is the verb ‘drive’. For example, ‘drive change’, ‘drive sales’ and ‘drive profits’.

Cheers,

Michael Gladkoff
Business Writing at Word Nerds

]]> By: WriterRoxanne (Roxanne Blanford) http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-899 WriterRoxanne (Roxanne Blanford) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:37:18 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1569#comment-899 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/WriterRoxanne" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="WriterRoxanne (Roxanne Blanford)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="WriterRoxanne (Roxanne Blanford)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/WriterRoxanne) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT: @expertwriter , @M_Cullen: Business writing words to ban for 2010: [link to post] | So tired of "teachable moment"<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


RT: @expertwriter , @M_Cullen: Business writing words to ban for 2010: [link to post] | So tired of “teachable moment”

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]]> By: expertwriter (Karen Marcus) http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-898 expertwriter (Karen Marcus) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:36:22 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1569#comment-898 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/expertwriter" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="expertwriter (Karen Marcus)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="expertwriter (Karen Marcus)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/expertwriter) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @M_Cullen: Business writing words to ban for 2010: [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Ginger_Lewis (Ginger Lewis) http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Ginger_Lewis (Ginger Lewis) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:45:21 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1569#comment-895 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/Ginger_Lewis" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="Ginger_Lewis (Ginger Lewis)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="Ginger_Lewis (Ginger Lewis)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/Ginger_Lewis) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> I vote "transparency" for #1: RT @M_Cullen: Business writing words to ban for 2010: [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


I vote “transparency” for #1: RT @M_Cullen: Business writing words to ban for 2010: [link to post]

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]]> By: WriterRoxanne http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-894 WriterRoxanne Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:20:13 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1569#comment-894 Monetize is a word I have long ago grown tired of, personally. The very concept insinuates that a thing is not valuable unless someone, somewhere, can come up with a means to make money off of it, and that almost any thing can be (and should be) made profitable, regardless of whether or not it truly has any intrinsic worth. Monetize is a word I have long ago grown tired of, personally. The very concept insinuates that a thing is not valuable unless someone, somewhere, can come up with a means to make money off of it, and that almost any thing can be (and should be) made profitable, regardless of whether or not it truly has any intrinsic worth.

]]> By: Karen Marcus http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2010/01/04/business-writing-words-to-ban-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Karen Marcus Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:10:34 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1569#comment-892 Authentic/Authenticity Authentic/Authenticity

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