The Weltchek Weekly

In this version of Say It Better Say It Right, a Hollywood producer talks about creating a binge-worthy series for Netflix.

Here are two sentences that recently crossed my desk:

• Our reality is shaped by the language we use everyday.
• Everyday we are faced with numerous decision and choices.

In both cases, everyday should be every day.

Everyday is an adjective that is mostly used to describe something routine... (Read More)

In this edition of Say It Better Say It Right, an executive of a major food company talks about teaching people to snack mindfully, that is to enjoy cookies and candy—responsibly.

Please let us know if you’re aligned to this.

That line appeared in an email about an agenda for an upcoming meeting. Its author should have written, Let us know if you agree with this.

In everyday English, align means to arrange in a line, as in, The pictures look... (Read More)

• Attached please find details around what the project will entail.
• Policymakers are having a discussion around how to deliver better patient care.

In both cases, around should be about, which means concerning or with regard to. I don’t know when or why it happened, but people have started... (Read More)

One of the things I edit most are sentences that include lists of points. We cram in too many. Take, for example, this sentence from a fact sheet about a company’s expertise in data analytics for the commercial real estate industry:

Our engagements range from predicting tenant turnover, to demand... (Read More)

In this edition of Say It Better Say It Right, an executive of a major pharmacy chain describes the phenomenon of having treatment centers in drugstores.

This installment of Say It Better, Say It Right comes from Jeff Bezos’s recent blog post on Medium, “No thank you, Mr. Pecker.”

This installment of Say It Better Say It Right comes from a food company executive who made the statement as part of a public debate about the use of the term healthy on food labels.