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- Does your Vocabulary Hold you Back? by Writing Problems Explained on Nov 20, 2009 in verbosity word choice sophistication vocabulary
Many people see vocabulary as one of their top writing problems. If you’re such a person, you may work with a thesaurus open, ready to dig out the perfect word to make a point or complete a description. Here’s a surprising truth: most voc...
- Mundane Writing Problems by Writing Problems Explained on Oct 19, 2009 in word choice writing problems writing style
I read an article recently about Justin Timberlake’s golf course. The article explained that Mr Timberlake had played the first round at a golf course he had bought and rennovated. The article went on to say: The Memphis native got the idea to...
- Pop one Card or Pop Many Cards? by Writing Problems Explained on Sep 19, 2009 in grammar errors writing problems quantity
Here’s a sentence written by someone with writing problems. I found it in a report about broadband connectivity. Can you see a problem? Our employees pop an AT&T card into their laptop computers, and they have instant connectivity. The Prob...
- Bad Writing: To Lean More by Writing Problems Explained on Jul 19, 2009 in word choice sentence structure wrong words
Here’s a sentence written by someone who has writing problems. I read it recently in an advertisement. Do you see anything wrong with it? To learn more about the program, we’ve set up a web site at www.website.com. The problem: The senten...
- Writing Problems Heard Lately by Writing Problems Explained on May 29, 2009 in word choice redundancy speech writing transition transitions
I’ve attended a few programs lately where people have delivered prepared speeches. Sadly, several of those speeches have suffered from distracting writing problems. People asked to speak extemporaneously often stammer incomprehensible nonsense,...
- How is Information Available? by Writing Problems Explained on May 12, 2009 in grammar errors writing problems grammar sentence structure
I’m convinced that the greatest of all writing problems is laziness. People simply don’t listen to the words they write, and they publish nonsense. Worse, people hear bad writing, and indiscriminately repeat it in their own projects. This...





