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Not Everything Is a Journey

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| On November 27, 2018

“In the past, chief executives might have waxed about paradigm shifts and bleeding-edge technology, but ‘journey’ has lately been the go-to word in corporatespeak.” That line appeared in a recent... [Read more]

How to Write Holiday Greetings—Correctly

Categories: Write
| On November 13, 2018

The holidays are upon us and with them lots of opportunities to wish people well. Putting those wishes to paper correctly, however, can be tricky. Is it, for example, Best wishes... [Read more]

Categories: Write
| On June 26, 2018

I recently received a flurry of emails that share the same mistake: They all include statements incorrectly punctuated as questions. As a result, the authors sound uncertain, which I know... [Read more]

Categories: Write
| On June 19, 2018

“You have to use condoms and know with whom you go to bed.” That’s what Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the now 90-year-old sex therapist, said in a recent interview with a... [Read more]

Categories: Write
| On June 5, 2018

Howard Schultz’s recent letter to customers about Starbucks’s racial bias training was well written and took responsibility for the incident that led to the arrest of two men in one... [Read more]

Categories: Write
| On April 10, 2018

Bobbi Brown, founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, was talking about what it was like when the Estée Lauder Companies bought her brand back in 1995. As a creative person, she... [Read more]

Categories: Write
| On January 3, 2018

On behalf of myself and the employees of the Ford Motor Company, who condemn such behavior and regret any harassment as much as I do, I apologize. That’s an excerpt... [Read more]

Categories: Write
| On December 12, 2017

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year. Is that correct? Or should it be, Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a happy New... [Read more]

Categories: Write
| On November 27, 2017

“Frankly, there is a creepiness factor of this whole idea of medicine tracking. The thing I tell them first and foremost is there’s nothing to reach out of this technology... [Read more]

Categories: Uncategorized, Write
| On September 13, 2017

News arrived this week of a new type of chocolate—ruby chocolate, or as its manufacturer puts it, Ruby (with a capital R). According to the company’s press release, the chocolate... [Read more]

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The Weltchek Weekly

Your Bulletin for Better Business Writing

Not Everything Is a Journey

How to Write Holiday Greetings—Correctly

Don’t Let These Words Trick You Into Thinking You’re Asking a Question

You Can End a Sentence With a Preposition

How to Come Clean: Make People Responsible

A Makeup Artist Calls It as It Is

When—and When Not—to Say “On Behalf Of”

How to Write Holiday Greetings

Talking Technology: Sound Human, Be Precise

Pass the Chocolate, But Spare Me the Jargon