Re: Teaching a practical business writing class and looking forprofessional rubrics

[Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>]

Combs, Richard wrote:
> On a more narrow, concrete level, a list of common usage errors would be
> helpful. One that I've seen several times recently is confusing diffuse
> and defuse, as in "diffuse the situation." That makes my teeth hurt.
> Another one that makes me cringe is "for all intensive purposes." 
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or those who write of "flushing out the scenario"
- I'm pretty sure they meant "fleshing out"...

they needed to flush out the bugs...

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