Resource Optimization?
- | On December 19, 2018
This installment of Say It Better Say It Right comes from a corporate press release that announced a new CFO and included highlights of her track record.
This installment of “Say It Better Say It Right” comes from an ad campaign for UBS.
- | On November 7, 2018
The Case for the Serial, or Oxford, Comma (They’re the Same Thing)
- | On February 13, 2018
Last March, I wrote about three truck drivers in Maine who sued Oakhurst Dairy for more than four years of overtime pay. The lawsuit hinged on the absence of a... [Read more]
Which vs. That
- | On January 16, 2018
Enclosed is an Action Plan for the Administration of President Donald J. Trump, which will help in getting America’s coal miners back to work. That was the opening line in... [Read more]
Mind Where You Place Your Modifiers
- | On October 3, 2017
With an incredibly demanding schedule full of 13-plus-hour days, every effort is being made to maximize Secretary Price’s ability to travel outside of Washington to meet with the American people.... [Read more]
Listen to What You Write
- | On July 26, 2017
The handsome man and I made some chitchat as we prepared for the meeting. Distracted, I dilly-dallied and ended up making a mish-mash of my presentation, so I ate a... [Read more]
FBI Director’s Letter Has the Right Touch
- | On May 17, 2017
My sister was back again, this time asking what I thought of FBI Director James Comey’s farewell letter to his staff. I told her I thought it was good—short (185... [Read more]
Tone of Voice, Wordiness, and Passive Tense Sap Strength of United’s Letter
- | On May 3, 2017
Is this a good letter? That’s the question my sister asked me when she was wondering what I thought about the correspondence every United Airlines’ customer received from the carrier’s... [Read more]
One or Two Thoughts Per Sentence, Please
- | On April 18, 2017
The actress Allison Janney, interviewed in The New Yorker about her role in “Six Degrees of Separation,” grimaced as she cited a quote from the play. About the offending wording,... [Read more]
Begs the Question
- | On February 28, 2017
When President Trump suggested Sweden had been attacked by terrorists, the former U.S. ambassador to that Scandinavian country noted, “It begs the question of where the president gets his information.”... [Read more]