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Casual Articles - Public Speakers! Helpful Tip #2 From Your Friendly Grammar Police
When planning your estate,what costs more, a will or a trust? Since an attorney can prepare an average will for $400 to $500 and set up an average trust for about $2,000 to $2,500, your decision is made, right?But wait, there is more to it! You don't have to be a CPA to figure that it costs five times more to set up the averag
Favorite utterances for those people who have a strong opinion on a subject are as follows: As a matter of fact…” “In point of fact…” “The truth is…” “The fact is…” “The truth of the matter is…” Before you use these hackneyed phrases, you might consider that “truth” and “fact” are seldom that. Far more often, they are simply opinion. These phrases add unnecessary ve
All franchisors must address issues of national account pricing and service. The renegade franchisee who does not wish to follow the pricing guidelines for the demands of the customer can in fact cause the entire franchise system to lose a major national or international account. How do all you know this, you ask?Well, because t
TRADITIONAL: the handing down of customs, beliefs, statements from generation to generation
CONVENTIONAL: conforming to accepted standards, common, ordinary rather than different or original
As you see, the two words are very different in meaning, and cannot be interchanged.
RAPPORT and REPORT have become hopelessly muddled.
REPORT is generally pronounced and used correctly. It is an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry or mathematical figures. It is pronounced ree-PORT.
However, RAPPORT is now frequently pronounced half-way between the two words! What I’m hearing more and more often is ree-POR. Wrong!
RAPPORT is a French word, and is usually given an Anglicized French pronunciation, which means that we say the “R” the way we’d say it in “run”--your everyday American “R”. (The French have a back-in-the-throat “R” sound which is difficult for most English speakers, and we do not need to try to duplicate it.) Here in America it is pronounced rah-POOR. The “T” is silent.
Fortunately, it is only the pronunciation which is amiss. People usually use the word correctly--to mean a harmonious or sympathetic relationship or connection between people.
Favorite utterances for those people who have a strong opinion on a subject are as follows: As a matter of fact…” “In point of fact…” “The truth is…” “The fact is…” “The truth of the matter is…” Before you use these hackneyed phrases, you might consider that “truth” and “fact” are seldom that. Far more often, they are simply opinion. These phrases add unnecessary ver
This is my second article on maximising web site viewability. Analysing screen resolution data.With so many different configurations internet users have their computers set up with, it can be difficult to decide how web sitesshould be configured so that it is viewable in as many configurations as possible.So in t
As you see, the two words are very different in meaning, and cannot be interchanged.
RAPPORT and REPORT have become hopelessly muddled.
REPORT is generally pronounced and used correctly. It is an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry or mathematical figures. It is pronounced ree-PORT.
However, RAPPORT is now frequently pronounced half-way between the two words! What I’m hearing more and more often is ree-POR. Wrong!
RAPPORT is a French word, and is usually given an Anglicized French pronunciation, which means that we say the “R” the way we’d say it in “run”--your everyday American “R”. (The French have a back-in-the-throat “R” sound which is difficult for most English speakers, and we do not need to try to duplicate it.) Here in America it is pronounced rah-POOR. The “T” is silent.
Fortunately, it is only the pronunciation which is amiss. People usually use the word correctly--to mean a harmonious or sympathetic relationship or connection between people.
Favorite utterances for those people who have a strong opinion on a subject are as follows: As a matter of fact…” “In point of fact…” “The truth is…” “The fact is…” “The truth of the matter is…” Before you use these hackneyed phrases, you might consider that “truth” and “fact” are seldom that. Far more often, they are simply opinion. These phrases add unnecessary ve
ALL armed offenders must be treated as dangerous. They are usually nervous and unpredictable. Some may also be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.To increase your chances of surviving an armed robbery, it is important to:* Remain calm* Appear submissive and compliant: obey the armed robber without question can i
However, RAPPORT is now frequently pronounced half-way between the two words! What I’m hearing more and more often is ree-POR. Wrong!
RAPPORT is a French word, and is usually given an Anglicized French pronunciation, which means that we say the “R” the way we’d say it in “run”--your everyday American “R”. (The French have a back-in-the-throat “R” sound which is difficult for most English speakers, and we do not need to try to duplicate it.) Here in America it is pronounced rah-POOR. The “T” is silent.
Fortunately, it is only the pronunciation which is amiss. People usually use the word correctly--to mean a harmonious or sympathetic relationship or connection between people.
Favorite utterances for those people who have a strong opinion on a subject are as follows: As a matter of fact…” “In point of fact…” “The truth is…” “The fact is…” “The truth of the matter is…” Before you use these hackneyed phrases, you might consider that “truth” and “fact” are seldom that. Far more often, they are simply opinion. These phrases add unnecessary ve
If you have a car, then you would need car insurance. The best car insurance can protect your car from any inconvenience should a likely car accident occur. But you should also be careful of what kind of car insurance you have. There are a lot of them available out there but not all can give you that coverage that you might be looking fo
Fortunately, it is only the pronunciation which is amiss. People usually use the word correctly--to mean a harmonious or sympathetic relationship or connection between people.
Favorite utterances for those people who have a strong opinion on a subject are as follows: As a matter of fact…” “In point of fact…” “The truth is…” “The fact is…” “The truth of the matter is…” Before you use these hackneyed phrases, you might consider that “truth” and “fact” are seldom that. Far more often, they are simply opinion. These phrases add unnecessary ve
Getting ready to get a website for your artwork can be a bit of a daunting experience: there seem to be endless choices of designers, templates and words that quite frankly sound familiar, but do not quite make sense. I have gathered basic information in this article to help you make an informed decision about what is right for you.<
Favorite utterances for those people who have a strong opinion on a subject are as follows: As a matter of fact…” “In point of fact…” “The truth is…” “The fact is…” “The truth of the matter is…” Before you use these hackneyed phrases, you might consider that “truth” and “fact” are seldom that. Far more often, they are simply opinion. These phrases add unnecessary verbiage without adding substance, and they weaken rather than strengthen your point.
Favorite Little Verbosities:
“At this point in time…” Better: “At this point…” or “At this time…”
“On a daily basis…” Better: “every day”; “daily”; or that good old unambiguous word—NOW!
“Well, I mean you know” This is a meaningless phrase. Please weed it out of your language. “I mean” You mean what? If you mean something, say it! “you know” What am I supposed to know? Tell me!
Remember, Sydney J. Harris, journalist (1917-86) said, “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
Let your message shine with the clarity of sunlight!
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