Human Skills and Better Communication
There should be penalties for women having babies who smoke.
What? Babies smoking? Has to be something wrong there.
I opened the door to the delivery man wearing my best party dress.
But why on earth was he wearing it?
Seriously, though, the big problem with these sentences is a common one: it’s the problem of misplaced modifiers.
Guess what? You might be in the minority. By that, I mean those who understand the real meaning of ‘decimated’. Most don’t.
If you want an example, here’s a beauty! This is a snippet from an account of a road accident: ‘… the impact fully decimated half the car’.
Your challenge is this: ‘How much damage was done to the car?’ Hint: you might need maths.
Continue reading “Decimated? Or Just Damaged?”
All right or alright?
Lots of people are confused about which to use.
Here are a few tips that might clear things up, without getting too technical.
Continue reading “All Right or Alright?”
It’s a busy life. There are people moving in and out of your day. There are interruptions, activity, noise, and technology all around you. Do you ever feel it’s hard to be 100% human?
You might feel hurried, stressed, or overwhelmed. Even if you’re healthily busy, going about your daily routines at home or at work, most days there’s at least one point where you seem to disappear.
Continue reading “100% Human: 30-Day Challenge”