Jargon
Do you hate corporate-speak? So do lots of people:
And yes, that last sentence ended with a preposition, and this one begins with a conjunction.
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Warshawsky, a "recovering jargonaholic," said he hopes to rehabilitate otherwise smart business people who pollute their communications with terms like "results-driven" or "paradigm shift."I've used Bullfighter on presentations and documents for a while now, and it was a pleasant surprise to learn that the people who developed Bullfighter also wrote the Why Business People Speak Like Idiots book that the Globe article refers to."Copernicus's revelation that the Earth revolves around the sun brought about a paradigm shift," he said. "Your revelation to outsource the payroll department probably shouldn't carry equal cachet." (Boston Globe)
And yes, that last sentence ended with a preposition, and this one begins with a conjunction.
Plain English Campaign.
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