Rule #1. Use the simplest word that will do the job. Don't say "utilize" or "employ." Say "use." Don't say "observe" when "see" will do. Don't say "demonstrate" when "show" will say what you mean.

Confused yet? Keep reading to find out what these strange-sounding but perfectly grammatical garden path sentences are saying. Besides sounding like a rejected Ernest Hemingway title, this deceptive ...