Word choice does matter


	Word choice does matter

chipflip

10-10-2009 10:52 PM

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What you write says much more about you than you might realize.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fcfcedac-c13f-4d59-bfaa-da306a8a205a/F710AB07-387C-447A-BF2B-36ABD8E3FD25/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.courvo.biz/2008/11/a-word-about-words.html" href="http://www.courvo.biz/2008/11/a-word-about-words.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.courvo.biz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.courvo.biz/2008/11/a-word-about-words.html"><STRONG>In my estimation, what you write in public should present with the same sensibility as what you would wear to an important job interview.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.courvo.biz/2008/11/a-word-about-words.html"><P>Until you know your audience, or they know you, it's always best to err on the side of a slightly more formal, universally-accepted style.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.courvo.biz/2008/11/a-word-about-words.html"><SPAN><STRONG>the essence of you will come across in your writing more than anything else in today's over-social-networked medium.</STRONG></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.courvo.biz/2008/11/a-word-about-words.html"><P><SPAN>For instance, my arbitrary grammar rule-book has a hard-and-fast edict about the four "I's".</SPAN></p> <P><SPAN>I (me)<BR />imagine<BR />if<BR />it's</SPAN></p> <P><SPAN>These are words I will never start a story with.</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.courvo.biz/2008/11/a-word-about-words.html"><SPAN>"It's" has reached monumental proportions as a starting word in broadcast stories.  That is lazy writing.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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