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I've spent a lot of time on this site in the past; it's a great resource. It drives me mad to see the flood of "-ize" neologisms coming from writers and speakers. It betrays a thin vocabulary or a slow wit. Primarily "utilize" as a synonym for "use" gets under my skin, ...

Brevity is the soul of wit, so says the Hamlet character most inclined to long-windedness. The article behind the original link could be summed up thus: "Avoid passive voice", but it's a good lesson in identifying such usage and eliminating it. I'd add that meaningless intensives should be...

Over the course of just seven months, this particular computer had crashed such that Windows Vista had to be reinstalled five times! or While it's not unusual for a computer to require periodic Windows reinstallation, this particular computer required a Windows Vista reinstall five times in seven mo...

Hello,

On the Request Content page (http://www.constant-content.com/account/new_request.htm), in the "price you're willing to pay" section of the form, the phrase "if your price is set to low" has a typo. It should read "too low".

Thanks,

R.L. Judge