{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Kindgeek","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kindgeek.com\/blog","author_name":"Mykhailo Bogdan","author_url":"https:\/\/www.kindgeek.com\/blog\/post\/author\/mykhailo-bogdan","title":"The Myth of Business English: Fighting A Dragon | Kindgeek","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ocPh43dK75\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kindgeek.com\/blog\/post\/the-myth-of-business-english-fighting-a-dragon\">The Myth of Business English: Fighting A Dragon<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kindgeek.com\/blog\/post\/the-myth-of-business-english-fighting-a-dragon\/embed#?secret=ocPh43dK75\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Myth of Business English: Fighting A Dragon&#8221; &#8212; Kindgeek\" data-secret=\"ocPh43dK75\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kindgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RyK601VzBpVPDRw5jNbP.png","thumbnail_width":1366,"thumbnail_height":768,"description":"Sometimes, people use the label \u201cBusiness English\u201d as an excuse to write\/say fancy sentences saturated with synonyms from Thesaurus, complicated constructions, and unnecessary passive voice. Such sentences create the dragon that kills the liveliness of the language and makes our sentences clumsy, redundant, and sometimes difficult to understand. It alienates a writer from the audience."}