Don't Anesthetize Your Colleagues with Bad Writing
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 28, 2013
But if you develop a strong habit of using active voice, you'll largely prevent convoluted, backward-sounding sentences in your writing. But if you also throw in acronyms such as ABC ("activity-based costing"), EBITDA ("earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization"), and VBM ("value-based management"), only the accountants in your audience will follow you — you'll lose everyone else. It seems obvious that you shouldn't put your audience to sleep, doesn't it?
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