Go Surface
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God, it's like a lesson in behaviorism.
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You can make it work. I adopted the practice because a professor I had my freshman year in college would fail students for using 'is' and 'are' in our essays. Not that I did not disagree at first, but I ended up seeing a huge difference between how I originally wrote, and how I wrote after.Originally Posted by GoSurface
eh.
hmmm...
God, it's like a lesson in behaviorism.Originally Posted by GoSurface
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Has anybody noticed that nobody ever says "send" an email in a business environment? I hear shoot, slide, flip, scoot, throw, kick, and even pump, but no send. A friend and I used to see who could slip the most ridiculous placeholder verbs into business conversations.
LabelKing
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Has anybody noticed that nobody ever says "send" an email in a business environment? I hear shoot, slide, flip, scoot, throw, kick, and even pump, but no send. A friend and I used to see who could slip the most ridiculous placeholder verbs into business conversations.Originally Posted by dusty
I've never worked in a "business environment," but it appears this is a good indicator that one shouldn't.
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You can make it work. I adopted the practice because a professor I had my freshman year in college would fail students for using 'is' and 'are' in our essays. Not that I did not disagree at first, but I ended up seeing a huge difference between how I originally wrote, and how I wrote after.Originally Posted by GoSurface
eh.
What was this professor's position on double negatives?
As an exercise in making people more conscious, creative writers, this makes sense. As an actual stylistic rule, it strikes me as insanity.
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hmmm...Originally Posted by gdl203
hahaha, I figured someone would pick on that. SF is as far away from 'formal' as you can get.
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Has anybody noticed that nobody ever says "send" an email in a business environment? I hear shoot, slide, flip, scoot, throw, kick, and even pump, but no send. A friend and I used to see who could slip the most ridiculous placeholder verbs into business conversations.Originally Posted by dusty
I hear "send" and "sent" in that context all the time.
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i agree with matt that 'gentleman' is tossed around too often these days. also 'vehicle' when saying car or truck makes more sense. and i've noticed many people say "have a great day" instead of "have a nice day", though i don't like that one either.
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