Date:    Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:17:55 EST
<br>From:    CLAndrus  CLAndrus[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM 
<br>Subject: Re: Banned wds
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<br>I just did my Fat-free Communication seminar this morning for 30 employees of
<br>the Grand Hyatt Hotel in NYC. Lots of emphasis on getting clear, concise words
<br>on the page. Many attendees had gone through academic writing. One Harvard MBA
<br>and another from the Wharton School of Economics -- neither had ever had a
<br>course in how to write a simple memo or business letter.  Lots of confusion
<br>about who/whom, affect/effect, where to put the commas and apostrophes. Where
<br>are the grammar teachers of yore? People come out of graduate school, and
<br>still can't write a correct business document! I just got a sample issue of a
<br>training magazine. Cover letter: Our magazine is for a company like your's! If
<br>you subscribe, we'll contact you before you expire so you won't miss any
<br>issues.
<br>   How come (why?) are we not teaching our own language to our students?
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