"Bad Language"
A column about writing in business
Short Words are BestMon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2006By Matthew Stibbe
We've long suspected it, but now we have proof. Long words make you sound stupid and short words are best.
I'm fed up with people stealing my brain. Over here, in merrie olde England, it is illegal to misuse people's computers, for example, by infecting them with viruses. But for some reason I haven't figured out yet, it is not illegal for bad writers to corrupt my neurons, waste my mental capacity and steal my time with shoddy prose.
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