Amerikanisms
If you use Americanisms just to show you know them, people may find you a tad tiresome, so be discriminating.
Style quiz by the economist
Style quiz by the economist
zeitgenossen - 24. Nov, 11:04
Mahalanobis - 24. Nov, 20:52
8 out of 12
G7 leaders met with foreign ministers from underdeveloped countries to discuss debt relief. Wrong
Avoid, where possible, euphemisms and circumlocutions promoted by interest-groups. The hearing impaired are simply deaf. It is no disrespect to the disabled sometimes to describe them as crippled. Female teenagers are girls, not women. The underprivileged may be disadvantaged, but are more likely just poor.
Euphemismus?? Also ich bin lieber poor als underdeveloped. Aber bitte, dann schreib ich halt poor, wenn ich damit mehr beleidigend bin.
Avoid, where possible, euphemisms and circumlocutions promoted by interest-groups. The hearing impaired are simply deaf. It is no disrespect to the disabled sometimes to describe them as crippled. Female teenagers are girls, not women. The underprivileged may be disadvantaged, but are more likely just poor.
Euphemismus?? Also ich bin lieber poor als underdeveloped. Aber bitte, dann schreib ich halt poor, wenn ich damit mehr beleidigend bin.
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