January 2007

From annoying buzzwords to clichés

by Sara on January 26, 2007

The Creative Group recently polled advertising and marketing executives on the “most annoying or overused industry buzzwords”. You will find a partal list here http://www.creativegroup.com/PressRoom?LOBName=CG On the list is my personal favorite from 2006, “low-hanging fruit”. The conclusion? Keep it simple. For powerful, persuasive communication, concrete, direct statements are usually the most effective. Partager : [...]

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An interesting case of the use of the subjunctive mood in English appeared today on Bad Language. http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=326 What started out as a post on the Economist’s online style guide (very handy, by the way!) and the use of singular or plural for collective nouns in English turned into a discussion on the subjunctive in [...]

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