Comments on: 5 Tips For Sounding Smarter (And Writing That Way) http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/ CREATIVE GUN-FOR-HIRE Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emma http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Emma Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:45:06 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-207 Aha! Touché, Monsieur LeParc. =) Aha! Touché, Monsieur LeParc. =)

]]> By: Simon http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Simon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:26:36 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-206 To be precise it is "voilà" :) To be precise it is “voilà” :)

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Emma Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:28:42 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-167 Swiss Ms., it needed to be said. Thank you! Swiss Ms., it needed to be said. Thank you!

]]> By: Swiss Ms. http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Swiss Ms. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:44:20 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-166 I would like to add - perhaps it could fit under lesson 1 - that using "myself" is not a good coping strategy for the difficulty of choosing between "I" and "me." You may think you seem more proper by not using "me" ("Please have a seat with John and myself!") but what you really seem is confused (or, in the worst cases, inappropriately smug). Myself is reflexive, so your sentence should probably have an "I" in it somewhere if you are going to use "myself." I would like to add – perhaps it could fit under lesson 1 – that using “myself” is not a good coping strategy for the difficulty of choosing between “I” and “me.” You may think you seem more proper by not using “me” (“Please have a seat with John and myself!”) but what you really seem is confused (or, in the worst cases, inappropriately smug). Myself is reflexive, so your sentence should probably have an “I” in it somewhere if you are going to use “myself.”

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Emma Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:58:13 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-165 Josh -- YES. Another fave: "expresso" -- like the coffee house in Redondo Beach who bought a giant banner touting "ITALIAN EXPRESSO." Thanks for the link! Josh — YES. Another fave: “expresso” — like the coffee house in Redondo Beach who bought a giant banner touting “ITALIAN EXPRESSO.” Thanks for the link!

]]> By: Josh http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Josh Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:41:36 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-164 And I suppose that you're as annoyed as I am when people don't know that you're supposed to use the word "suppose" with a "d" at the end when using it to indicate intention as opposed to opinion? Oh, and of course the most egregious are those who don't understand the their/their/they're trio. Easily the worst nails-on-a-chalkboard offender in my book. Oh heck: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors (very ugly site, but also very useful…) And I suppose that you’re as annoyed as I am when people don’t know that you’re supposed to use the word “suppose” with a “d” at the end when using it to indicate intention as opposed to opinion?

Oh, and of course the most egregious are those who don’t understand the their/their/they’re trio. Easily the worst nails-on-a-chalkboard offender in my book.

Oh heck: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

(very ugly site, but also very useful…)

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Emma Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:32:17 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-163 Melanie, I SOOOO feel your pain! Smittiness (for that is what I call this condition) is smittiness, and whether or not the language is one's native language is immaterial! Melanie, I SOOOO feel your pain! Smittiness (for that is what I call this condition) is smittiness, and whether or not the language is one’s native language is immaterial!

]]> By: Melanie http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Melanie Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:30:39 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-162 The "have" and "of" thing winds me up so much, it's untrue... I thought I needed a therapist recently because of it. And considering English is only my second language it is rather strange that it does wind me up so much. The “have” and “of” thing winds me up so much, it’s untrue… I thought I needed a therapist recently because of it. And considering English is only my second language it is rather strange that it does wind me up so much.

]]> By: Emma http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Emma Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:17:34 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-161 Aw shucks, Sarah. Ya rock star. Aw shucks, Sarah. Ya rock star.

]]> By: Sarah Bray http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/2009/09/5-tips-for-sounding-smarter-and-writing-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Sarah Bray Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:11:13 +0000 http://www.emmaalvarezgibson.com/?p=452#comment-160 That confirms it. You're a genius. (You know, I always knew.) That confirms it. You’re a genius. (You know, I always knew.)

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