Dr. Williams List of Handy Acronyms

My job is to help you improve your thinking, writing, and presentation skills. Thus, I try to provide meaningful feedback on your assignments. My comments are in no way meant to hurt your feelings, but to help you grow as a communicator, scholar and manager. Please take my feedback in the spirit it’s intended. To view my comments you’ll need to use MS Word XP or higher. You can view my comments by choosing to view “Final Showing Markup” from the Reviewing Toolbar. If the Reviewing Toolbar is not visible, choose View | Toolbars. Then click on “Reviewing.” The following list of acronyms will help you understand my comments. CTIF! Clear The Impenetrable Fog! Your argument is verbose, full of buzzwords, directionless, or just plain weak. DTBH? Does This Belong Here? You’ve introduced a tangent that does not flow with your argument. HDYK? How Do You Know? You’ve made an argument without supporting evidence. PFYT… Please, Finish Your Though. You’ve introduced a concept but failed to follow it through your argument. S,WTP? So, What’s the Point? You’ve written much text, but made no clear argument. WDYM? What Do You Mean? Your writing is unclear. YBH? Yes, but how? Your argument lacks actionable advice or is overly ambiguous.