Re: Pet peeve words

["Wing, Michael J" <mjwing -at- INGR -dot- COM>]

My peeve words (actually phrases):

"In order to . . ." when simply "To . . ." will suffice.
". . . has the ability to" where ". . . can" says it all.

Almost all marketing speak such as:

"State of the Art"
"Revolutionary"
"Leading Edge"



Mike Wing

Michael Wing (mailto:mjwing -at- ingr -dot- com)
Principal Technical Writer
Intergraph Corporation; Huntsville, Alabama
http://www.ingr.com/iss/products/mapping/
(205) 730-7250

"But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good"
-- Paul (1 TH 5:21)




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