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21 / 01 / 10
It’s the start of the new year and the UK is sitting on a glut of unwanted Christmas presents. Matching present to person is seldom an easy task. It takes time and effort. But in the run up to Christmas, many people will have taken a wild stab in the dark; picking up something passable […]
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
11 / 01 / 10
We’re often being asked about when to use capital letters. Why is it so confusing? The answer lies somewhere between what we’re used to seeing (beginning, as ever, with our school habits) and the seeming inconsistencies of best practice. As a general rule, capitals are for specific and formal; lower-case for unspecific and informal. Capital […]
10 / 01 / 10
Remember last year: the pain of putting off that report day after day, finally bashing it out in a blind panic the night before it was due? Not only does this leave you a stress-addled mess, but it means your cobbled-together work won’t represent the best you can actually do. It could even mean […]
01 / 01 / 10
Free podcasts offer expert help with writing reports, proposals, emails and more A new source of free help is at hand for anyone who has ever grappled with writing a ‘make or break’ proposal or report, or wondered how best to handle sensitive customer correspondence. It comes in the shape of a series of podcasts […]
10 / 12 / 09
So, those emoticon smiles: what else can they be used for? Round brackets Imagine the contents of round brackets (or parentheses) as an aside that might be said behind your hand (an actor on a stage might anyway). These punctuation marks come in handy to: include optional information You don’t have much time left to […]
13 / 11 / 09
When most people think of Leonardo da Vinci, they think of him as the artist who painted The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. But da Vinci was also an inventor, an architect, a musician and an engineer. To be successful as a nurse manager, you need to adopt da Vinci’s Renaissance approach. Aside from […]
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