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Showing posts with label language misuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language misuse. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Niagara Falls

FYI-- on page (http://www.niagara-usa.com/events_by_month/2010-10)
the event

"Niagara's Treasures - City Living At It's Best"

It's = it is. Use its in this instance

see: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/it's

Sunday, April 18, 2010

So true

 Grammar, some of us have it some don't.  It's tricky sometimes to know the difference between its/it's, to/too and so forth. 

I must admit, I still have trouble with affect/effect. The link is a funny, somewhat NSFW, look at common grammar missteps.


http://i.imgur.com/HL1ZR.jpg

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Buzzwords

Groundbreaking, paradigm shift and the like.  We've all heard them, and maybe we've even slipped up and uttered such words.  Let's begin a list of words that should never be spoken or written--unless you're a writer for Family Guy!

Flexible
Unsurpassed
Interoperable
New rules
Grounbreaking
Reaching anything
Industry standard
A wide range of
Cutting edge
Next generation
Anything 2.0
Robust/bigger/smarter/faster
World class
In a league of its own
Revolutionary
Scalable
Modifiable 
Easy to use
Mission anything
Turnkey
Out-of-the-box
Best of anything
User friendly
Leading anything
We're excited about anything
Solutions
News snackers
Staycation
Leveraging knowledge capital
Empowerment/empowered
Tipping point
Next generation

See the Buzzword Generator to create your own!  http://www.elfqrin.com/buzzwgen.html

My own generated word: triple-buffered neutral port