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Elsewhere on the Web: Seven Types of Bad Writing

Matthew Stibbe has a post categorizing the seven types of bad writing he’s seen coming out of businesses. These inlcude:

1. Thinks too much of itself. The UK satirical magazine, Private Eye runs a regular column lampooning the abuse of the word ‘solution.’ For example, Dow Corning’s “Innovative solutions for wound management,” which means “bandages.” This kind of word inflation devalues meaning and arouses the scepticism of readers.

 Amen. Call a spade a spade, and not a “human-powered soil relocation solution.”

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 08:34AM by Registered CommenterRoy Jacobsen in | CommentsPost a Comment | References3 References

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    There are 7 habits of "Bad Writing". See Susan McDonald's post at her Legal Research & Writing blog, as well as Roy Jacobsen's, both commenting on Matthew Stibbe's original post setting out the 7 types at Bad Language....
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    There are 7 habits of "Bad Writing". Do see Susan McDonald's post at Legal Research & Writing blog, as well as Roy Jacobsen's, both commenting on Matthew Stibbe's original post setting out the 7 types at Bad Language. "It was...

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