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Latest revision as of 12:04, 14 August 2022
Towards more picturesque speech™
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/fɔː/ (prep.)
One of those short words, like “of”, whose overuse indicates laboured writing.
“This doesn’t improve the commercial opportunity for anyone.”
Use a possessive, and promote anyone to be the focus (if not strictly speaking the subject) of the sentence like so:
“This doesn’t improve anyone’s commercial opportunity.”