"To explore the psyche of a people, do not look at what they do – look at what they do wrong.

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"To many people, LinkedIn seems like a chaotic, confusing mess," declares Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.

"Can you diagnose a company's problems by the way it abuses the English language?

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"John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza, and drank a bottle of beer.

"Fast Company recently attacked the use of "so" at the start of sentences, claiming it insults your audience, undermines your credibility, and demonstrates discomfort with the subject matter," reports Christina Sterbenz.

"You would think every company would prefer to communicate in a way that connects with the audience," writes Lou Hoffman (photo, left).

Sarah Green interviews Bryan Garner in this podcast at HBR Blog.

Christina Sterbenz (photo, left) covers the issue at BusinessInsider.

According to Catherine Clifford, "If you want to launch and grow a business, chances are you're going to have to put words on the page.

'Word meanings can shift radically, just like pronunciation,' writes Christina Sterbenz.

The team at The Write Life have prepared an infographic - 25 Editing Tips for Tightening Your Copy.

"The following is an excerpt from The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead [Crown Business, $17.

"Each of the wordy phrases below can be replaced by one word.

"Fundamentally, poor business writing is costly and leads to disastrous events.

"Understandably, for many students, email is a venue of freedom and distance from academic considerations.

Claire Fallon (photo, left) covers the topic in a piece at HuffingtonPost.

"Whether we are writing for business or pleasure, we may encounter “writer’s block” — the phrase that indicates we just can’t get started or we just can’t keep going.

"There is an old adage: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.