Email This Article
Your Name:
Your Email:
Email To:
Comment:
Optional
Authentication:
Type the characters you see in the picture above.

  
You are sending a link to...
Some Jargon to Avoid
The Style and Substance blog at the Wall Street Journal lists some trite jargon that we should all avoid.  The list includes "bitter dispute," soft-spoken, whopping, key, and "going forward."  Read the post to see why some WSJ staffers dislike those terms. 

The blog also has a quiz -- find the flubs in actual sentences from the Journal. 
Search
Enter text and click Go to search:
sun mon tue wed thu fri sat
     1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
RSS Site Feed
RSS Feed