This is a great reminder that all of us need an editor!
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Parker’s post on genres is great. It nicely captures the fact that, when aspects of rhetorical context like speech act (or purpose) are repeated often, they give rise to genres. One common workplace genre is the directive. You may notice that these speech acts fall within the four purposes identified in my tutorial: representatives = informing, directives…
About the grammar quiz in the WSJ article
Bydr.kimAbout the grammar quiz in the WSJ article
A less-than-polite response to the Wall Street Journal’s grammar quiz from the linguist behind Real Grammar.
It’s the usual mish-mash of zombie rules, shibboleths and prejudices. Half of the questions are not about grammar at all, but about spelling and punctuation. Two fail to acknowledge a difference between British and American English usage. Three are based on false ideas about which words can introduce relative clauses. And, inevitably, there are the misguided questions about between versus among, less versus fewer and I in object position or following a preposition.
Punctuation and politics
Bydr.kimI am NOT going to talk politics here. But check out Lucy Ferriss’ Of periods, serifs, and politics in the Chronicle of Higher Education today for an interesting interpretation of Obama’s campaign slogan. the dot at the end of the word is less a full stop than a bit of bling, like that light at the end of…
Why new grads don’t get the job
Bydr.kimMy colleague, Saul Carliner, shared this slide deck from Mark O-Toole about why new grads don’t get hired. See if you can locate one of the eleven reasons that isn’t caused by (or couldn’t be fixed with better) communication. Congratulations Graduate! Eleven Reasons Why I Will Never Hire You. from Mark O’Toole Here’s my analysis….
Being Strategic | Focusing on Readers & Writers | Pros Writing in the News | Putting it all togetherPros manage the document creation process
Bydr.kimThanks (again) to the Center for Plain Language, I found a terrific story of the process pros use to manage the creation of a document with a very large and heterogenous audience. Check out the infographic timeline at the Know Before You Owe site (under “How we did it”). It describes the process used by Kleimann Communication Group…
Developing Content | Dr. Kim's Philosophy | Focusing on Readers & Writers | Managing Style | Mastering Mechanics | Organizing Content | PlatitudesAmateurs need explicit knowledge — not platitudes
Bydr.kimI shared my position on the use of short lectures in a writing class a couple of days ago. But I told only part of the story from the video lecture-tutorial + teaching note that will be published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Education. The amateurs in my courses depend on me to make a professional’s tacit…