Trainer for English and writing skills. Currently Communications Advisor Hesed World, Communications Director, AIWC. Views are my own. Pic: Christine Lefeaux
Switzerland
Joined December 2009
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Be action-oriented. Test yourself and turn around Zombie nouns.
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How wordy are you? Test yourself to see if you can make the sentences more concise.
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Do you use Latin-based expressions in emails or modals?
Modals sound more personable in emails. Test yourself!
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Plain English. Today is International Plain Language Day. Test your knowledge.
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This week's writing tip helps you move parts of the sentence around to be clearer.
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This week's writing tip is about using commas with conjunctions. It also looks at breaking up long, complex sentences resulting from using conjunctions.
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How well do you distinguish these confusing words? Test yourself. mailchi.mp/35a8550706d0/conf…
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Test your knowledge of basic editing tools for proofreading your document.
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How many Englishes are there and which is the right one for writers? Find out in this week's writing tip.
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This week's writing tip is about style guides and style. Check your knowledge with this quiz.
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In this week's writing tip, test your knowledge of where to put commas
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Confusing words and “false friends”
Do you confuse "actually" with "currently", or perhaps "eventually" with "possibly"?
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This week's writing tip is about identifying unnecessary words
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In this week's writing tip, we look at how to write clear messages.
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This week's writing tip is a reality check about confusing punctuation. Enjoy! carolswritingtips.com/conjun…
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Test your editing skills with these examples from UN writing
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Are you writing appropriately? Check with this week's writing tip about diplomatic vs plain English tips.
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This week's writing tip is on how to offload your overloaded sentences!
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