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Tripping on Words

 
Author: Ginger Marks
 

< P > A s a C o p y E d i t o r a n d W e b s i t e R e v i e w e r I w o u l d l i k e t o s h a r e s o m e c o n c e p t s o n w r i t i n g w i t h y o u . L e t m e b e g i n b y m e n t i o n i n g t h a t f o r t h o s e o f y o u t h a t h a t e t o w r i t e a n d h a v e f o u n d t h e n e e d t o s h a r e y o u r t h o u g h t s t h e r e i s h o p e ! < / P > < P > G h o s t w r i t e r s c a n e f f e c t i v e l y c r e a t e c o n t e n t r i c h c o n t e n t f o r y o u r u s e u s u a l l y f o r a v e r y s m a l l f e e . L o o k a t m o s t a l l o f o u r P r e s i d e n t ' s F i r s t L a d i e s ' b o o k s t h a t h a v e b e e n w r i t t e n i n r e c e n t y e a r s . E a c h a n d e v e r y o n e w a s w r i t t e n b y a g h o s t w r i t e r . F o r e x a m p l e I h a v e h e a r d i t s a i d , H i l l a r y C l i n t o n ' s b o o k " I t T a k e s A V i l l a g e " w a s w r i t t e n b y n o t o n e b u t t h r e e g h o s t w r i t e r s . H o w e v e r y o u d o n ' t h a v e t o b e f a m o u s t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e s e s e r v i c e s . I f y o u d o d e c i d e t h a t y o u w a n t t o w r i t e y o u r o w n s t o r y p e r h a p s y o u m i g h t w a n t t o m a k e n o t e o f s o m e o f t h e m o s t m i s u s e d w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s s o y o u d o n ' t g e t c a u g h t i n t h e i r s n a r e s . < / P > < P > T h e m o s t o f t e n a b u s e d s e t o f w o r d s t h a t a r e u s e d i n e f f e c t i v e l y a n d i m p r o p e r l y a r e t h e t w o w o r d s ' e f f e c t ' v s . ' a f f e c t ' . T h i n k o f i t t h i s w a y , e f f e c t i s t h e t h i n g t h a t c a u s e s t h e a c t i o n w h i l e a f f e c t i s t h e e n d r e s u l t . P e r h a p s t h a t w i l l h e l p y o u k e e p t h o s e t w o f r o m b e i n g e n t a n g l e d . I a m s u r e y o u c a n t h i n k o f m a n y m o r e t h a t y o u h a v e t r i p p e d o v e r f r o m t i m e t o t i m e . T o m y t h i n k i n g t h e s e c o n d s e t t h a t y o u s h o u l d p a y a t t e n t i o n t o i s t h e s e t o r w o r d s ? i t s ? a n d i t ? s ? . T h e f i r s t o n e i s p o s s e s s i v e , m e a n i n g s o m e t h i n g b e l o n g s t o i t w h i l e t h e s e c o n d i s a c o n t r a c t i o n f o r t h e t w o w o r d s ? i t i s ? . W a t c h o u t f o r t h o s e t w o a n d i f y o u f i n d y o u r s e l f s t u m b l i n g o v e r t h e m r e a d t h e m o u t l o u d a s ? i t i s ? . I f i t d o e s n ? t m a k e s e n s e t h a t w a y t h e n i t i s w r o n g a n d y o u s h o u l d n o t u s e t h e a p o s t r o p h e . < / P > < P > < B > A w i d e v o c a b u l a r y i s a r e p o s i t o r y t h a t p u l l s t o g e t h e r y o u r i d e a s a n d g e n e r a t e s p o w e r f u l a r g u m e n t s . < / B > H a v e y o u e v e r b e e n i n m i d t h o u g h t o r s e n t e n c e a n d s a i d , < E M > " W h a t ' s t h a t w o r d I ' m l o o k i n g f o r ? " < / E M > A s a n a u t h o r a n d e d i t o r I f i n d m y s e l f c o n s t a n t l y s e a r c h i n g f o r j u s t t h e r i g h t w o r d o r p h r a s e . O n e o f t h e m o s t v a l u a b l e t o o l s t o e m p l o y i s a t h e s a u r u s . H o w e v e r t h e r e a r e t i m e s w h e n e v e n t h o s e w i l l f a i l y o u . P e r h a p s y o u h a v e b e e n l o o k i n g f o r a t o o l t o s u p p l e m e n t y o u r c u r r e n t s o u r c e o r o n e t h a t w i l l a s s i s t y o u i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e p r o p e r u s a g e a n d d e f i n i t i o n s . < / P > < P > F o r t h e l a s t y e a r I h a v e b e e n u s i n g W h i t e S m o k e . I f y o u w o u l d l i k e m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h i s w o n d e r f u l p r o g r a m W h i t e S m o k e o f f e r s a d e m o a t t h e i r w e b s i t e a t ( h t t p : / / n e t w o r k . a d s m a r k e t . c o m / c l i c k / i m N s n Y 2 f f 5 2 3 Y Z i c Z Z 1 - w 4 t j m J 6 N n Y O U j w ) . I t p r o v i d e s n o t o n l y a n t o n y m a n d s y n o n y m s b u t d e f i n i t i o n s a s w e l l . A n o t h e r b e n e f i t o f u s i n g t h i s p r o g r a m , f o r m e , i s t h a t y o u c a n s p e c i f y t h e t y p e o f w r i t i n g y o u a r e d o i n g a n d i t w i l l p r o v i d e y o u w i t h o p t i o n s t h a t f i t t h a t w r i t i n g s t y l e . F o r e x a m p l e , i f y o u a r e w r i t i n g a b u s i n e s s l e t t e r t h e s u g g e s t i o n s i t g i v e s f o r e n h a n c e m e n t a n d r e p l a c e m e n t a r e t o t a l l y d i f f e r e n t t h a n i f y o u w e r e t o s p e c i f y y o u r c o n t e n t w a s f o r d a t i n g p u r p o s e s . I a m c e r t a i n y o u w i l l f i n d t h i s t o o l a v a l u a b l e r e s o u r c e . < / P > < P > < B > W o r d s s h o u l d b e f u n . < / B > L e a r n i n g t o u s e t h e m p r o p e r l y i s i m p e r a t i v e i n t h e i n t e r n e t e n v i r o n m e n t . N o t o n l y s p e l l i n g b u t s e n t e n c e s t r u c t u r e a r e a l l l a i d b a r e a s w e a r e l i m i t e d t o t h e w r i t t e n w o r d f o r m o s t o f o u r o n l i n e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s . T h e r i g h t w o r d s i n t h e r i g h t f o r m w r i t t e n i n a w e l l f o r m e d s e n t e n c e c a n c l a r i f y a n d f o r t i f y y o u r m e s s a g e . < / P > < P > < B > L a n g u a g e r e f l e c t s n o t o n l y o u r c u l t u r e b u t o u r i d e a s . < / B > I t e x p l a i n s o u r l i v e s a n d o u r l i f e e x p e r i e n c e s . I t i s o u r w a y o f t r a n s f e r r i n g o u r o b s e r v a t i o n s a n d p e r c e p t i o n s t o o n e a n o t h e r . < E M > C o m m u n i c a t i o n i s a t w o w a y s t r e e t . < / E M > I t h e l p s y o u u n d e r s t a n d t h e o t h e r s a n d o t h e r s u n d e r s t a n d y o u . T h i s b e i n g t h e c a s e i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o r e m e m b e r t o c l e a r l y s t a t e w h a t y o u w a n t t h e r e a d e r t o u n d e r s t a n d . F o r i n s t a n c e , j u s t b e c a u s e y o u k n o w w h a t a n a c r o n y m m e a n s d o e s n ? t m e a n y o u r r e a d e r w i l l . C l a r i t y m a k e s f o r b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g m a k e s f o r b e t t e r c o m m u n i c a t i o n . Y o u m a y k n o w t h a t S E O m e a n s S e a r c h E n g i n e O p t i m i z a t i o n b u t y o u r r e a d e r m i g h t n o t . S o , w r i t e o u t y o u r a c r o n y m n o m a t t e r h o w o f t e n y o u h a v e u s e d i t i n t h e p a s t b e f o r e r e l y i n g o n i t t o s t a n d a l o n e i n y o u r w r i t i n g . < B > C l a r i t y i s k e y ! < / B > I f y o u r s e n t e n c e s e e m s t o o l o n g i t p r o b a b l y i s ; b r e a k i t i n t o t w o e a s i e r t o u n d e r s t a n d s e n t e n c e s i n t h a t c a s e . R e m e m b e r t o k e e p y o u r s e n t e n c e s s h o r t a n d s w e e t t h e y w i l l b e m u c h e a s i e r f o r y o u r r e a d e r t o f o l l o w a l o n g . < / P > < P > Y e t a n o t h e r p o i n t t h a t b e a r s m a k i n g i s t h a t w h e n y o u u s e w o r d s i m p r o p e r l y o r e v e n j u s t s p e l l t h e m i n c o r r e c t l y i t i m p l i e s t h a t e i t h e r y o u a r e l a z y , m i s i n f o r m e d , o r j u s t p l a i n u n e d u c a t e d . T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l w o r d s t h a t s e e m t o i n e v i t a b l y e n d u p m i s s p e l l e d . Y o u m a y w a n t t o m a k e a m e n t a l n o t e o f s o m e o f t h e s e s o t h a t y o u d o n ? t t r i p o v e r t h e m . I w i l l s h a r e w i t h y o u a f e w o f t h e m h e r e b u t p l e a s e n o t e t h i s i s i n n o w a y a c o m p r e h e n s i v e l i s t . < P > < / P > < P > A c c i d e n t a l l y < B R > D e f i n i t e < B R > D i s a p p o i n t < B R > D u e l < B R > E x i s t e n c e < B R > I m m e d i a t e l y < B R > I m p o s t o r < B R > I n c i d e n t a l l y < B R > P a r a l l e l < B R > P r i n c i p a l < B R > P r i n c i p l e < B R > S e n t e n c e < B R > S e p a r a t e < B R > S p e e c h < B R > T o o < B R > T r a g e d y < B R > U n t i l < B R > V i l l a i n < B R > < / P > < P > < E M > O n e v a l u a b l e p i e c e o f a d v i c e i s n o t t o o v e r u s e ' b i g w o r d s ' j u s t f o r t h e s a k e o f u s i n g t h e m . < / E M > I s t r o n g l y a g r e e w i t h D o n W a t s o n ' s p r i n c i p a l s c l e a r l y s t a t e d i n h i s b o o k < B > " D e a t h S e n t e n c e s " < / B > . M a n a g e m e n t S p e a k ( a n d o v e r u s a g e o f u n f a m i l i a r t e r m s ) w i l l m a k e y o u r l i s t e n e r o r r e a d e r ' s g o b r a i n - d e a d q u i c k e r t h a n a S u n d a y s e r m o n . I o f f e r t h e f o l l o w i n g e x c e r p t f r o m a b o o k I r e c e n t l y a c q u i r e d , s e e i f y o u r b r a i n p i c k s u p e v e r y w o r d a n d f o l l o w s a l o n g w i t h w h a t t h e a u t h o r i s t r y i n g t o e x p r e s s o r i f , l i k e m e , y o u r b r a i n s h u t s d o w n a n d y o u r e y e s g l a z e o v e r . < / P > < P > " N o t a s u c c e d a n e u m f o r s a t i s f y i n g t h e n y m p h o l e p s y o f n u l l i f i d i a n s , i t i s h o p e d t h a t t h e h a e c c e i t y o f t h i s e n c h i r i d i o n o f a r c a n e a n d r e c o n d i t e s e s q u i p e d a l i a n i t e m s w i l l a p p e a l t o t h e o n i o m a n i a o f a n e x i m i o u s G e m e i n s c h a f t w h o s e l e g e r i t y a n d s o p h r o s y n e , w h o s e S p r a c h g e f ? h l a n d o r e x i s w i l l f i n d m o r e t h a n f u g a c i o u s f u l f i l l m e n t a m o n g i t s f e l i c i f i c p a g e s . " < / P > < P > I n c l o s i n g I w o u l d l i k e t o o f f e r o n e l a s t b i t o f a d v i c e ; g r o w y o u r v o c a b u l a r y f i r s t t h e n p r a c t i c e u s i n g t h e w o r d s p r o p e r l y b e f o r e i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e m i n y o u r s p e e c h a n d w r i t i n g . < / P > < P > ? C o p y r i g h t 2 0 0 6 G i n g e r M a r k s < / P >

 
 
 

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