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Gee, this could be fun (Score:2)

by lachoy (1663)

And let people finish their sentences, even if you know exactly what they're going to say and the many different ways it's wrong. You'll get your chance to show you're smart when you work out a solution that makes everyone happy.
- Re:Gee, this could be fun (Score:1)
  
  by pdcawley (485)
  
  Do you have to let them finish their paragraph?
  - Inverted pyramid (Score:2)
    
    by lachoy (1663)
    
    Ha -- only if they have seemed to cover one or more major points of their argument and they seem to be fond (as some authors are) of creating sentences (and even paragraphs) of interminable length that just ramble on and on about whatever comes in their mind even if that something is only tangentially related to the original point (which, honestly, sometimes would be a blessing) and does nothing to further their argument (which was wrong in the first place).
    - Re:Inverted pyramid (Score:1)
      
      by pdcawley (485)
      
      Another one for charm school: People don't understand parenthetical subclauses in spoken English. Nor do they understand them in written English.
Unless.... (Score:1)

by Whammo (2555)

And try to not use the word 'motherfucker' more than twice a minute, at least not in formal business correspondence.

Unless you're a pissed-off gnat. ;-)
- Re:Unless.... (Score:2)
  
  by gnat (29)
  
  I always save `motherfucker' for information business correspondence, preferring `pokerchoker' in formal situations. I believe there was a "Miss Motherfuckin' Manners" column on this a while ago.
  --Nat
  - Re:Unless.... (Score:1)
    
    by pdcawley (485)
    
    I'm always amazed at how Americans react to a little light swearing in a business context. Remarkably potent tool sometimes.
Clarity (Score:1)

by TorgoX (1933)

Or how's about this, based on what we in linguistics call the "conduit metaphor/fallacy":
Assume that everything you say is the model of total clarity, and anytime someone reacts oddly to hearing what you said, assume that they are being ignorant or crude. Insult them accordingly; after all, you are right, and they started it all what with their being ignorant and crude!
- Re:Clarity (Score:1)
  
  by TorgoX (1933)
  
  For extra credit: tell everyone how their ignorance/crudeness made you feel all bad inside, which exacerbates their ignorance/crudeness.