by Don Hauptman | Jun 20, 2009 | Articles, Careers, Entrepreneur, Wealth
As a writer on language, I’m especially sensitive to mistakes I encounter while reading. They seem to leap off the page, and I gleefully seize them as potential material for this column. Here are some of my recent “catches,” all from major newspapers: “The restaurant...
by Don Hauptman | Jun 4, 2009 | Articles, Entrepreneur, Internet Business, Investing, Wealth
You may be surprised to discover how many advantages public speaking offers to anyone who has something to sell. Your business, and your expertise, might be investing, fitness, motivating employees, fine art… or even video gaming. Whatever it is, people with an...
by Don Hauptman | May 30, 2009 | Articles, Entrepreneur, Internet Business, Self-Improvement, Skill Development, Wealth
Are the following two sentences correct? • “The Minister of Public Security… signed last night in Washington D.C. a memorandum of mutual understanding with his American counterpart….” (The situation involves two people.) • “A person met through a mutual acquaintance...
by Don Hauptman | May 23, 2009 | Articles, Self-Improvement, Skill Development
I never run out of examples of word pairs that are commonly confused. Here’s another list: • “Fear of weight gain may mitigate against effective psychiatric treatments.” The writer meant militate, which means to exert a force or influence. To mitigate means to...
by Don Hauptman | May 16, 2009 | Alternative Health, Articles, Entrepreneur, Family, Health, Investing, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Spouse, Wealth, Work
Consider the following sentences: • “Whey protein has been proven through scientific research to be very beneficial….” • “Yet few of them understood the investments they held, many of which had proven to be junk.” • “It’s not as if this exact rumor hasn’t been proven...