Comments on: The hidden cost of ten dollar words http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words Writing, marketing and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Drew http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words/comment-page-1#comment-725767 Drew Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:03:59 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=230#comment-725767 Megan. You's Rock! Great point and well said! Megan. You’s Rock! Great point and well said!

]]> By: The Planet’s Mantra » The Planet Blog http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words/comment-page-1#comment-587779 The Planet’s Mantra » The Planet Blog Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:50:22 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=230#comment-587779 [...] mission statement medium almost begs for $10 words when you really need to express a simple [...] [...] mission statement medium almost begs for $10 words when you really need to express a simple [...]

]]> By: Pick of the Orchard 8.9.06 « Dallas Public Relations Expert Scott Baradell’s Media Orchard http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words/comment-page-1#comment-529598 Pick of the Orchard 8.9.06 « Dallas Public Relations Expert Scott Baradell’s Media Orchard Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:17:23 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=230#comment-529598 [...] The Hidden Cost of Ten Dollar Words (Matthew Stibbe) [...] [...] The Hidden Cost of Ten Dollar Words (Matthew Stibbe) [...]

]]> By: Megan http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words/comment-page-1#comment-525297 Megan Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:31:04 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=230#comment-525297 Perhaps Denise shouldn't fall into the long-held Internet tradition of nitpicking somebody's grammar just because you don't agree with their general point. Congrats Denise, you sound like a messageboard troll. It doesn't matter if the person writing knows the meaning of the word or not- concise writing ALWAYS reads better. Buzzwords, foreign phrases and archaic terms are not concise. Any writer that uses them is just trying to prove themselves worthy of their post-secondary education. They'd do a better job by focusing their efforts on making a convincing argument. Perhaps Denise shouldn’t fall into the long-held Internet tradition of nitpicking somebody’s grammar just because you don’t agree with their general point. Congrats Denise, you sound like a messageboard troll.

It doesn’t matter if the person writing knows the meaning of the word or not- concise writing ALWAYS reads better. Buzzwords, foreign phrases and archaic terms are not concise. Any writer that uses them is just trying to prove themselves worthy of their post-secondary education. They’d do a better job by focusing their efforts on making a convincing argument.

]]> By: Sandra McKenzie http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words/comment-page-1#comment-448892 Sandra McKenzie Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:43:35 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=230#comment-448892 Coming very late to this discussion. Perhaps a better construction would have been "...the usage was wrong." Coming very late to this discussion.
Perhaps a better construction would have been “…the usage was wrong.”

]]> By: Denise http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words/comment-page-1#comment-47548 Denise Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:42:26 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=230#comment-47548 Perhaps matt should review his own sentences and their structure before commenting on anyone else's work (second paragraph: "an small intellect" - and the whole sentence does not read right). Also, the last sentence of the first paragraph states, "...does not mean that the correct usage was utilized, as..." Usage was UTILIZED? Please find an English instructor to help you convey properly what you were REALLY trying to say! Perhaps matt should review his own sentences and their structure before commenting on anyone else’s work (second paragraph: “an small intellect” – and the whole sentence does not read right). Also, the last sentence of the first paragraph states, “…does not mean that the correct usage was utilized, as…” Usage was UTILIZED? Please find an English instructor to help you convey properly what you were REALLY trying to say!

]]> By: matt http://www.badlanguage.net/the-hidden-cost-of-ten-dollar-words/comment-page-1#comment-1023 matt Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:31:41 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=230#comment-1023 I don't agree with this or the earlier post. The research methodology was clearly flawed. They replaced words with "the longest synonymn". However, that does not mean that the correct usage was utilized, as synonyms have various connotations. One dead give away of an small intellect using vocabulary that he does not comprehend is using the synonym with the incorrect connotation. That is why the study results were what they were. I don’t agree with this or the earlier post. The research methodology was clearly flawed. They replaced words with “the longest synonymn”. However, that does not mean that the correct usage was utilized, as synonyms have various connotations.

One dead give away of an small intellect using vocabulary that he does not comprehend is using the synonym with the incorrect connotation. That is why the study results were what they were.

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