Monthly Archives: January 2015

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Norm Friedman

I recently came across an amusing subhead in a promotional flyer: “Learn from Incredible Speakers.” Then the piece promoting an all-day conference said, in smaller print, “Listen to expert speakers from around the country.” Ah, “expert.” Nice recovery, but, unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Stay on Track II

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Norm Friedman

Last week we looked at how frequently bullets are not composed in a parallel fashion and how easily we can fix that oversight. To review: I hope to cover three items at Friday’s meeting: • Setting a theme for our … Continue reading →

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Stay on Track

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Norm Friedman

In last week’s post, I highlighted an unusual number of flaws in just two sentences of an online article. One of those flaws, a breakdown in parallel construction, deserves more illumination because many of us found the topic tedious back … Continue reading →

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An Embarrassment of Glitches

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Norm Friedman

What a gold mine. A few days ago, a major online news outfit handed me a cornucopia of discussion topics in just two sentences: “In the past two weeks, overall arrests have fallen 66 percent compared to the same period … Continue reading →

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