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Better English 30
Timely Communications Tips
June 1, 2009
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Back from Creating
-- LEBRON JAMES DOESN'T LIKE TO LOSE
-- NONE WAS
-- INTERVIEWING
It's been weeks since the last edition. I've been
working on my own writing--a collection of encounters
with the notable and eminent. The collection will be
called "No, I'm Not David, But I've Known a Lot of
Famous People."
I'll be sharing my progress with you. Last week in the
passenger seat of a friend's car, I smiled with him as
he twisted his neck to watch a well-endowed young
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LEBRON JAMES DOESN'T LIKE TO LOSE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Who does?But I couldn't concentrate so much on the basketball star's poor example to youngsters. Is that how they should communicate when defeated? "It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them," he said.
No, I was more alert to the Yahoo journalist's misuse
of our language.
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NONE WAS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Edward Epstein, of the online "Congressional
Quarterly," wrote this on April 22 about
congresswoman Nancy Pelosi: "The speaker said
none were true and that the real reason was much
more mundane.""None" takes a singular verb, so it should be "none was true."
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INTERVIEWING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're in tough economic times, and many are looking
for jobs.I glanced through a little booklet, "Rapid Guide to Job Hunting," published by the University of Texas at Arlington. A printer from India sent it as a sample. Here are some tips about the interview:
How do I send my hard copy messages from a hotel when they have no stationery kit? Using email, I fax my communications from my laptop. You can't beat the efax service. Here's a special offer
Sincerely,
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