International Plain Language Day and the missing challenge
To mark the first International Plain Language Day The Media Online and In other words’ Caryn Gootkin have put together ...
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The lighter side of grammar and punctuation
Some grammar rules were drummed into our heads at school so thoroughly that many of us still cling to them, ...
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Our Plain Language Challenge – revised
It took the chief subeditor of an online news site to spot TheMediaOnline’s tongue-in-cheek challenge taunt that was written into ...
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How bad writing can harm a brand’s image [part 2]
Caryn Gootkin delves deeper into the effect bad writing can have on a brand’s image. And summons up the courage ...
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How bad writing can harm a brand’s image
Caryn Gootkin has overdosed on sloppy writing, poor grammar and inferior, or non-existent, editing in corporate communications. This may or ...
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Plain Language (3) – Do as I say not as I do? Not in the US of A
Caryn Gootkin attempts to provide Joe Public with a comprehensive, but user-friendly definition of Plain Language to enable compliance with ...
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