The Benefits of Reducing...
It's been a while since I encountered any notably bad copy in the course of my day job as a proofreader. I was beginning think I'd jumped the gun by creating a whole blog category for material that seemed to be on the wane. Then this morning I encountered the following gem, which isn't technically "egregious corporate-speak," but certainly does have a problem:
This self-guided overview... focuses on the benefits of reducing re-key of data and order accuracy.
That sounds great, doesn't it? I can certainly see how reducing order accuracy would generate all kinds of benefits...
ADDENDUM: Here's another example from the same document:
The Query Operators section [of this document] is useful in providing guidance on getting better search results; particularly valuable when searching.
Yes, I can see how it would be...