Needless to say Three words that should not be used! If it's needless to say, then why say it? Please find/Please see My gripe about these phrases is that the active verbs are find and see. But you don’t want the reader to see or find. After all, it’s not lost! This [...]
A lot So many people write a lot as one word instead of two. If you do this, ask yourself if you would write alittle or afew. Of course not, right? So please don't write alot! For example: There are a lot of blunders in this blog. A lot of people will attend the event. [...]
Dated When replying to a letter, do not say "Thank you for your letter dated on …..". The correct expression is "Thank you for your letter dated …" or "Thank you for your letter of ….". We should not say dated on. Discuss It is not grammatically correct to say "I want to discuss about …". The word discuss means "to talk about", so [...]
Clarification I often see sentences like "Please contact me if you require any further clarifications." The word should be 'clarification'. Like the word 'information', it becomes countable when you are talking about specific pieces of clarification you need. In most cases you will mean the act of clarifying something, so use the word as an [...]
Some of you may have seen my A-Z of Business Writing Bloopers on my website. These are some of the common mistakes that many people make in their writing. If you are guilty, now’s the time to do something about it! You can find more in this series here: http://www.shirleytaylor.com/bloopers.html. Back Do you use expressions [...]
