Being easy to talk to is a learnable communication skill, says public speaking expert John Bowe. By avoiding common phrases ...

Long before it became the beige wallpaper of modern communication, “I hope this finds you well” was a standard part of letter-writing conventions. One Civil War soldier, for example, began a letter ...

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In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to how hosts once tactfully communicated event end ...

It is currently more polite to say “No problem” or “No worries,” which imply that whatever was done, the doer was happy to do ...

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From boardrooms to break rooms, discover why your courteous Gen X phrases are secretly triggering Millennial colleague, and how one finance mentor's shocking revelation changed everything she thought ...

You've definitely heard at least one of these before. From vague corporate phrases to polite-sounding deflections, these are the things coworkers say when they're trying to quietly pass the work to ...

(AP) - Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say " 6-7 " is “cooked” and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Those are ...