Comments for English Editing Blog http://blog.englishtrackers.com Blogging good English for lovers of language Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on English at Work – The Voice Over Expert by Lesley Lyon British Voice Over http://blog.englishtrackers.com/english-at-work-the-voice-over-expert/#comment-77967 Lesley Lyon British Voice Over Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:59:34 +0000 http://blog.englishtrackers.com/?p=1192#comment-77967 A great article! I particularly liked the question about who you get to proof read your work :-) Classic! A great article!
I particularly liked the question about who you get to proof read your work :-) Classic!

]]> Comment on Podcasts by Maximising Internet resources for language learning: from passive follower to active contributor | English Editing Blog http://blog.englishtrackers.com/podcasts/#comment-71936 Maximising Internet resources for language learning: from passive follower to active contributor | English Editing Blog Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:31:59 +0000 http://blog.englishtrackers.com/?p=973#comment-71936 [...] Podcasts - listening to spoken English and recording your own opinion [...] [...] Podcasts – listening to spoken English and recording your own opinion [...]

]]> Comment on To self-publish or not to self-publish? by Self-publication: to proofread or not to proofread? | English Editing Blog http://blog.englishtrackers.com/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-publish/#comment-69516 Self-publication: to proofread or not to proofread? | English Editing Blog Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:30 +0000 http://blog.englishtrackers.com/?p=1736#comment-69516 [...] To self-publish or not to self-publish? [...] [...] To self-publish or not to self-publish? [...]

]]> Comment on Blue sky thinking by Paul Murphy http://blog.englishtrackers.com/blue-sky-thinking/#comment-65044 Paul Murphy Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:31:52 +0000 http://blog.englishtrackers.com/?p=1172#comment-65044 Most of these are quite vivid idioms which are sometimes quite useful. Excessive or inappropriate use of such phrases is more the cause of the problem than the expression simply being inept or unnecessary. It tends to be individual words in the 'business speak' vocabulary that most annoy me. 'Leverage' is the one that most riles me; it seems to have become impossible to just say 'use' any more. I'm sure many executives say things like, "I'm leveraging a car pool to get to work these days." Most of these are quite vivid idioms which are sometimes quite useful. Excessive or inappropriate use of such phrases is more the cause of the problem than the expression simply being inept or unnecessary.

It tends to be individual words in the ‘business speak’ vocabulary that most annoy me. ‘Leverage’ is the one that most riles me; it seems to have become impossible to just say ‘use’ any more. I’m sure many executives say things like, “I’m leveraging a car pool to get to work these days.”

]]> Comment on English at Work – The Media Project Founder by srishti http://blog.englishtrackers.com/english-at-work-the-media-project-founder/#comment-61266 srishti Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:08:31 +0000 http://blog.englishtrackers.com/?p=1728#comment-61266 enchanting interview.. and lovely website.. enchanting interview.. and lovely website..

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