Check presentation
I often mention checking the details, expression and grammar of your business communications. It is also very important to check the presentation as well as that is one of the first things people...
View Articlethere, their or they’re?
With one exception*, my writing articles and blog entries assume some basic knowledge – if you are writing for business purposes, I assume you know the obvious rules of capital letters to start...
View ArticleNew category…
I have come to realise that there are two groups of people writing for business – those who are ready for technical knowledge and those who need more help with the basics of writing and grammar. Most...
View ArticleMad libs to teach sentence contructions?
Have you ever done some “mad libs”? Is this something you remember fondly from school days – at least more fondly than the usual grammar lessons? Personally, I hadn’t heard of mad libs until finding...
View ArticleDetails count…
I wonder how any writer can downplay the importance of the details – if we all ignored grammar and spelling, our writing would become impossible to understand. I’m the first to agree that spelling...
View ArticleUsing apostrophes
Many people claim that they don’t understand apostrophes. At least, they don’t understand where to put them! Basically, an apostrophe indicates that someone or something owns something else. For...
View Articlerepeat the boring stuff…
Do you get bored with hearing the same stuff a number of times? What do you do about repeated information? As I wrote a few days ago, some repetition of stuff is necessary to succeed – either because...
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The grammar of blog headings
It may seem like a strange blog heading, the grammar of blog headings, but I was asked the question so here is my answer! The heading or title of a blog post is usually the first thing someone will see...
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Get the details right
Are you a details person? Many people are bored by details (probably all of us really – we just like details in some things, not all things) and that includes details of grammar and good writing. You...
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Grammar makes for a busy pharmacist!
Last night I saw a TV ad for some (legal) drugs for children’s colds. Pharmacists must pay careful attention to details… It was nothing particularly out of the ordinary until I read the fine print at...
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