Oh, how I wish this book were available in the States! (Perhaps one of my faithful Canadian readers will have pity on a poor, poor editor…)
Speaking plainly really isn’t all that hard. For the most part, all you have to do is (1) be willing to stand behind what you say and (2) think twice about using any phrase that everybody is using. Do those two things, and you’ll rather easily avoid such unfortunate linguistic train wrecks as
- she literally exploded
- give 110%
- what it is, is…
A minute’s thought will tell you why clich?©s like that ought to be avoided like the plague.
(H/T: Magic Statistics)
Great post.
Thank you so much for sharing my fury with poor communication.
I stand behind Tom Lehrer’s opinion that people who can’t communicate should do us all a favor and shut up.
-Joshua
Check this one out, Pursiful. You will literally explode with laugher, and thank me for it. “Thank you Kyle,” you’ll say. As you explode. With laughter. Make sure you look at all the illustrations.
Kyle, that was … well … um …. Interesting.