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drl125 is not online. drl125
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18 Dec 2012 05:03 PM
Many people think that they sound smarter when they use big words. The truth of the matter is that smart communicators use words that (a) they understand and (b) their readers are likely to understand.
The purpose of writing is to communicate. Communication is the process by which meaning is created and exchanged. If the person who reads your writing doesn’t understand what you are trying to say, no communication occurs when he or she reads your writing.
In order to communicate effectively, you have to use language properly, and you have to use language that people are likely to understand.
Lately I have noticed many people misusing the word “detrimental” when what they really mean is “instrumental” or “important.” For example, I read a memo that someone wrote requesting permission to attend a meeting. The memo said, “It is detrimental that I go to the meeting next week.”
Ironically, the misuse of the word implies the exact opposite of what the person meant. Detrimental implies that some negative outcome would be associated with the person’s attendance at the meeting. What the writer meant was “important.”
A misused big word has the opposite effect of making you sound smart! A big word used correctly, but unnecessarily, has the effect of making you sound pedantic. If you have to go get a dictionary to see what “pedantic” means, I have made my point! :3
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pillowface27 is not online. pillowface27
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18 Dec 2012 05:04 PM
tl;dr
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PuNiShEr5665 is not online. PuNiShEr5665
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18 Dec 2012 05:04 PM
Its not that I'm not smart,
I'm just being lazy and don't want to read your copy and paste
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dhr1 is not online. dhr1
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18 Dec 2012 05:04 PM
i read the first word

dats it
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patsfan23 is not online. patsfan23
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18 Dec 2012 05:04 PM
tl;dr
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dabomb27 is not online. dabomb27
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18 Dec 2012 05:04 PM
Aye!
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drl125 is not online. drl125
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18 Dec 2012 05:04 PM
:3
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Undue is not online. Undue
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18 Dec 2012 05:05 PM
Bravo.

You copied and pasted something.

Those computer classes really paid off. Mom and dad will be so proud.
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codymelindy is not online. codymelindy
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18 Dec 2012 05:07 PM
This speech made you look ridiculously stupid. -10 Respect. :o

"Life is like a box of chocolates, your dreams get crushed by a fat kid."
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Undue is not online. Undue
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18 Dec 2012 05:08 PM
Just copy the first line of his thread, paste it into Google, and search it. He doesn't have an original thout in his head.

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SourceOfEvil is not online. SourceOfEvil
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18 Dec 2012 05:08 PM
you copy and pasted this from goggle. all i had to do was search the first paragraph
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