Comments on: Bad Business Writing Habits http://madhatterdesigncompany.com/bad-business-writing-habits/ Mad Design for a Mad World Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: April http://madhatterdesigncompany.com/bad-business-writing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-53 April Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:11:29 +0000 http://madhatterdesigncompany.com/?p=258#comment-53 I nodded my head in agreement throughout this entire post. My biggest peeve of the moment? Using a singular contraction like "how's" with something that is plural. It's been driving me insane! I wish I could come up with a funny example, but my brain is a bit blank at the moment. I nodded my head in agreement throughout this entire post.

My biggest peeve of the moment? Using a singular contraction like “how’s” with something that is plural. It’s been driving me insane! I wish I could come up with a funny example, but my brain is a bit blank at the moment.

]]> By: admin http://madhatterdesigncompany.com/bad-business-writing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-52 admin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:01:05 +0000 http://madhatterdesigncompany.com/?p=258#comment-52 Excellent point, Andrea! Too many people spout gibberish, fancy titles, and words that they've made up! I'd rather read something real that I can relate to than a bunch of Internet catch phrases. :) Excellent point, Andrea! Too many people spout gibberish, fancy titles, and words that they’ve made up! I’d rather read something real that I can relate to than a bunch of Internet catch phrases. :)

]]> By: Andrea Cannavina http://madhatterdesigncompany.com/bad-business-writing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Andrea Cannavina Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:45:27 +0000 http://madhatterdesigncompany.com/?p=258#comment-51 Sloppy (a/k/a lazy) writing bothers me. Sure you may have all the time in the world to type out whatever is on your mind, and you may not hold an English degree -- that's ok, neither do I. If you are going to ask people to read what you write, you should at least make sure that the writing is worth their time. There's reason to what you write, a point, and hopefully, something I will get out of it (as in a laugh, some new insight into the world of whatever it is that you do... something positive.) What I'm getting at is that my time is limited. Don't waste it. Sloppy (a/k/a lazy) writing bothers me. Sure you may have all the time in the world to type out whatever is on your mind, and you may not hold an English degree — that’s ok, neither do I.

If you are going to ask people to read what you write, you should at least make sure that the writing is worth their time. There’s reason to what you write, a point, and hopefully, something I will get out of it (as in a laugh, some new insight into the world of whatever it is that you do… something positive.)

What I’m getting at is that my time is limited. Don’t waste it.

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