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8 years ago @ http://www.ragan.com - Can you decipher these... · 1 reply · +4 points

"Though hard to parse, the sentence is coherent." Well, that depends on your definition of "coherent." :-) If a reader has to pause and think about what they just read in order to make sense of it, I would argue that it's not coherent. As you say, just because it might be technically grammatically correct does not mean that it's well-written.

8 years ago @ http://www.prdaily.com/ - 8 things PR pros want ... · 0 replies · +1 points

That last one is so true. I feel like I can never truly go "off the grid."

9 years ago @ http://www.ragan.com - 51 words that many peo... · 1 reply · +1 points

Excellent post. Two comments.

1. Does anyone really pronounce chaos as /tchay-os/? Never heard that.

2. I pronounce "ticklish" as two syllables instead of three, but I can see why some would pronounce it as three since the root is "tickle" hence "tickle-ish." Two syllables doesn't really make sense, but that's how I've always pronounced it.

9 years ago @ http://www.prdaily.com/ - A brief guide to using... · 0 replies · +1 points

I agree with you, Jon. I pronounce the H. Don't kill the messenger, I'm just saying that some people pronounce it with a silent H, the same way some of them don't pronounce the H in "human." I don't understand it but they do. My point was that the use of an indefinite article is determined by pronunciation.

9 years ago @ http://www.prdaily.com/ - A brief guide to using... · 3 replies · +5 points

Great article. It's about the vowel vs. consonant sound. If you pronounce historian with an H sound, then you use "a," but if you say the word with a silent H (as some do) then it's "an." For the acronyms, it's again how you pronounce them. If you say AAA as "A-A-A" then it would be "an AAA member," but if you read it as "Triple A" then it's "a AAA member." Since we pronounce NCAA as "En-See-Double-A" then it should be "an NCAA player." Write how you want it to be read by the reader, that's my rule of thumb.

9 years ago @ http://www.ragan.com - 20 redundant phrases t... · 0 replies · +2 points

Great list. "Repeat again" can be valid though if it has already been repeated and it's being repeated yet another time, no?

9 years ago @ http://www.ragan.com - 18 PR standbys that wi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Photo opportunities. Press conferences.

10 years ago @ http://www.ragan.com - 3 reasons cursive writ... · 0 replies · +10 points

Good post, but I'm confused how this supports the title about cursive writing. The article just seems to be about handwriting in general, not necessarily cursive. I was expecting arguments about cursive being quicker to write, or more artistic, etc. but everything in this article can apply to non-cursive handwriting.

10 years ago @ http://www.prdaily.com/ - 15 tips to make the wr... · 0 replies · +2 points

This is excellent. Thank you.

10 years ago @ http://www.prdaily.com/ - Why Google still has ... · 0 replies · +1 points

It's reputation as "a ghost town" is unfortunately based on fact. Only a handful of people I know actively use it. It technically has more users because anyone who uses any Google service basically is on Google+ too. It helps Google, not sure yet of the value for individuals or brands. Just telling it like it is.

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