Monday, October 22, 2007
Handy-dandy Business Writing Pointer of the Day
Anytime you think to use the word "Action" as a verb, as in "I'll action this item immediately" you can replace it with "act on", and save yourself a letter while preserving our beloved English language from turning into a pidgin cesspool quite so quickly. Labels: Writing
Don't Verb Nouns!TM
By al -
10:18 a.m. |
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"i'll action this item immediately"
who the hell SAYS that? no, REALLY!
who the hell SAYS that? no, REALLY!
# Posted by 
: 2:06 p.m., October 22, 2007
: 2:06 p.m., October 22, 2007
I get at least one e-mail a day with only that bit of language butchery in it. There are so many more.
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