business language Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/business-language/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:27:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg business language Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/business-language/ 32 32 Fake News, Alternative Facts, and the Value of Honest Content https://old.wordsbyapro.com/fake-news-alternative-facts-value-honest-content/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fake-news-alternative-facts-value-honest-content Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:25:33 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1918 Regardless of your political opinion, it’s safe to say 2017 has already been a year worth remembering. A controversial wave started rolling in last year, and the American people are surfing its surface around the web in all different directions. Buzz terms and notable phrases like “fake news” and “alternative facts” can be seen floating […]

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]]> How to Use (and Avoid) Obscure Words https://old.wordsbyapro.com/how-to-use-and-avoid-obscure-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-use-and-avoid-obscure-words https://old.wordsbyapro.com/how-to-use-and-avoid-obscure-words/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 15:10:48 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1157 If you are someone who enjoys writing, you probably take pride in using your skill and knowledge of the language to craft a message that communicates exactly the intended point. The raw materials at your disposal—words—are not unlike those of a sculptor; some are easier to work with than others. So when you can master […]

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]]> https://old.wordsbyapro.com/how-to-use-and-avoid-obscure-words/feed/ 1 Tell Me a Story https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tell-me-a-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tell-me-a-story Tue, 26 May 2015 15:43:47 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1145 I was twenty when the overwhelming urge to head to the Southwest struck. I was a junior in college, living on a tiny island off the coast of Maine, and I was hungry to explore the alien landscape of slickrock and sandstone, to see arches and mesas and unimaginable rock formations with my own eyes. […]

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]]> Risky Business: Taking Risks with Your Writing https://old.wordsbyapro.com/risky-business-taking-risks-with-your-writing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=risky-business-taking-risks-with-your-writing Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:53:52 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=921 Do you engage in risky writing? Or, more to the point, should you? I’m not talking about Charlie Hebdo-style cartoons, or even the kind of novel that forced Salman Rushdie into hiding for years. I’m talking about garden-variety edginess for rhetorical effect: strong language, subtle references to sex, drugs, alcohol, bodily functions, taboos of various […]

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]]> The Hazards of Indecipherable Business Jargon https://old.wordsbyapro.com/the-hazards-of-indecipherable-business-jargon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hazards-of-indecipherable-business-jargon Sat, 11 Jan 2014 02:06:39 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=425 While editing a stack of documents a few months back, I ran across the phrase “top of mind.” “Ugh, awkward,” I thought, and changed it. But then it popped up again a few docs later from a different writer, and then again while researching. Amid my growing suspicions, I managed to Google it with slightly […]

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