Empassioned plea to the word police
-
Upload
meryl-runion-rose -
Category
Education
-
view
769 -
download
7
description
Transcript of Empassioned plea to the word police
![Page 1: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
An impassioned plea to the
WORD POLICE
Stop the ‘but’ hunts,
let people ‘try’ and right your ‘wrongs’
![Page 2: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
Sometimes overzealous communication instructors demonize the word ‘but’
![Page 3: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
That gets their peeps
going on a “but” hunt
Well, I don’t like your ‘but’ either.
![Page 4: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
Communication would be easier if word
choices were that simple, BUT…
![Page 5: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
We need to be discerning
about our how we use our “buts” AND…
![Page 6: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
“Try” is another term that the
word police stalk and condemn
![Page 7: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
“Try” and “but” aren’t inherently
wrong. And neither is “wrong”
There may be a hundred ways to get there, but turning into oncoming traffic isn’t one of them. You made a wrong turn. Let’s try again.
![Page 8: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
A message to the word police.
![Page 9: Empassioned plea to the word police](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081907/54792fe9b37959892b8b46a4/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Meryl Runion Rose, Chief Iteration Officer, SpeakStrong Please share freely with credit.
So don’t just enforce word rules.
Practice word savvy.