The Language Perfectionist: Still More Confusables
It’s time once again for a look at commonly confused words. I found the following examples in print and online.
- “Are you inferring that I have plagiarized your post…?”
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About two years ago, I had the good luck to meet a group of people who work for one of the largest online marketers in the world. I’m talking about a company that sends out billions of sales messages a year and brings in hundreds of millions of dollars the old-fashioned way — by selling products and services that really benefit their customers.
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I was sitting in my writer’s group, listening to a woman read the third chapter of her 450-page children’s book about ancient Egypt…
The idea was pretty interesting. It was about the first female Pharaoh, and I could tell she’d put a lot of research into it.
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In the words of the poet John Donne, no man is an island.
And when it comes to starting your own business online, that means there’s no reason to think you have to do everything yourself.
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Some linguistic errors occur repeatedly. One of my favorites is the bungling of prix-fixe, a term that even some classy restaurants misspell in various creative ways. Below is a collection of other common gaffes — and how to avoid committing them.
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He sat quietly for a moment. Unwilling to accept defeat, he finally said, “Well, when you run out of steam with this thing, give us a call. We’d love to have you back.”
My boss could be called many things… excited about my new venture as The Mindset Maven was not one of them.
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I recently got an interesting e-mail from Brian Ochsner, an ETR reader in Denver. He said, “As a direct-response copywriter, I’m skeptical about the number of marketing people who are enamored with the need for ‘branding’ or to ‘build their brand’ to effectively market their business.
“I know that brands such as Kraft and Coca-Cola have power and influence with Americans, but I’m not sure ‘branding’ has much of a place with most small- to medium-sized business marketing.”
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That’s the percentage of online businesses that fail.
Three big reasons explain why:
#1. Setting up an online business is complicated.
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Last year, I traveled to a small town in Canada to attend a theatrical festival. About noon one day, I entered an appealing restaurant.
“Would you like to be seated on our veranda?” asked the hostess. “Did you know,” I replied, “that the word veranda comes to us from Hindi, Portuguese, and Spanish?” I expected to be summarily booted out in return for my irrelevant comment, but she seemed genuinely fascinated by this fun fact.
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Yes, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising has an immediate cost associated with it. And if you do it wrong, it could mean thousands of dollars wasted.
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