In 1918, William Strunk Jr., a professor of English at Cornell University, published the first edition of his influential grammar guide The Elements of Style. (In 1959 writer and former Strunk student E.B. White expanded the book, which has been known ever since as...
Effective speechwriting is difficult to master. You overturn the box and pick through the polystyrene, only to find there’s no instruction manual. In mid-2011, I was asked to write speeches while working for the Opposition Leader of New South Wales, Australia’s most...
The semicolon is undoubtedly the dark horse of the punctuation family. Some people fear and avoid it, some use it incorrectly and others only know it as one half of a winky emoticon. Live in fear no more! It’s time to embrace the semicolon – and we’re here to show you...
Establishing a thorough and easily navigable style guide will help your organisation present itself professionally and cohesively, and get your message across clearly. While a good dictionary is obviously an important tool, developing any kind of corporate...
These days everything seems to be about speed. Learn fast, publish fast, fail fast! Well, here’s the lowdown on faster ways to punctuate and format in Microsoft Word. From keyboard shortcuts to macros, learn how to get your work done quick smart. Keyboard shortcuts to...
The salt and pepper grinders in our office kitchen are marked with red pen. Or rather, there are typos on their labels, which I’ve marked with red pen. Not that I set aside time to read the labels of our corporate condiments. While waiting for the kettle to boil,...
