Thursday, 14 July 2011 05:31 pm
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deckardcanineRemember a while back when I complained of someone in an audioconference overusing "essentially" and "in fact"? Remember my conclusion that it was an adverb thing?
Turns out you can get hooked on adjectives, too. The latest speaker I transcribed was a PowerPoint presenter, so she should have been more prepared than Ms. Essentially. In less than a half-hour, she used "important" 37 times, 18 times preceded by "very" and 5 preceded by "very, very." She also used "significant" six times and "crucial" twice.
Kinda gives me the impression she needed to reassure herself that the subject really mattered.
Turns out you can get hooked on adjectives, too. The latest speaker I transcribed was a PowerPoint presenter, so she should have been more prepared than Ms. Essentially. In less than a half-hour, she used "important" 37 times, 18 times preceded by "very" and 5 preceded by "very, very." She also used "significant" six times and "crucial" twice.
Kinda gives me the impression she needed to reassure herself that the subject really mattered.
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