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Posted by: Catie Holdridge
24 / 08 / 11
Email is an integral part of our business lives, but it’s also a liability. Sometimes a simple attempt at being brief and concise can make you come across as curt and unpleasant. It’s far too easy to be overconfident about conveying tone effectively in email, and there’s no shortage of ‘when email attacks’ stories in […]
Posted by: Cathy Dann
Brace yourselves: there are two spellings for judgement/judgment. ‘Aha!’ we hear you say. ‘This is an American thing, isn’t it?’ Well, yes and no. It is true that in the US there is only one spelling: judgment. Elsewhere it isn’t quite that simple. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK, both spellings […]
Posted by: em-admin
24 / 07 / 11
Whether you’re setting up a new business venture or trying to get the go-ahead for a project, there’s one essential document you need. Rob Ashton, Chief Executive of Emphasis, gives a step-by-step guide to writing a good business plan. Why you need one There’s a memorable conversation in Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland, where […]
18 / 07 / 11
The question of whether to use ‘I’ or ‘me’ in sentences such as ‘Doris and I went to the opera’ is one we’ve covered on the site before. But it turns out the I-or-me question doesn’t end there, as another recent posting on our writing advice forum proves. When making comparisons, is it correct grammar […]
24 / 05 / 11
‘That’ and ‘which’ can sometimes be used interchangeably. But it’s not always correct to do so. The general rule is: use ‘that’ to define and use ‘which’ to inform or add information. Defining These are the spending cuts that the Board agreed. Here, the spending cuts in question are defined and limited to being the […]
28 / 04 / 11
New research indicates there may be an easy solution to beating writer’s block: forgiving yourself. Leaving writing tasks to the eleventh-hour is bad for you and your reports. Other than causing unnecessary stress, last-minute scribbling raises the chances of making silly mistakes, especially when there’s no time to proof the final draft. But beating yourself […]
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