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Homonyms quiz 20 May 2013 | 06:57 pm
Homonyms are words that are pronounced or spelt in the same way but have different meanings – there and their, for example. This ten-question quiz will test you on some of the most commonly confused h...
60-second fix: should have or should of? 28 Mar 2013 | 01:22 pm
This is a nice, easy one to answer. No sitting on the fence, no ‘it’s down to personal preference’. Here goes: Should have, would have, could have – correct Should of, would of, could of – incorrect...
How to conclude a report – like a rock star 19 Mar 2013 | 08:56 pm
Grab a pair of headphones and a lighter to wave in the air. Ready? Then let’s rock, writes Cathy Relf. When you’re trying to bring your report to a conclusion, do you ever feel like Paul McCartney at...
Lord Neuberger’s advice on clearer legal writing 19 Feb 2013 | 09:51 pm
When it comes to calls for improving legal writing, few are made with more authority than this, writes Cathy Relf. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, President of the Supreme Court, has said that judges t...
Twitter challenge: the results 18 Feb 2013 | 07:38 pm
Last week, we set our readers a challenge: to shorten a paragraph and tweet it to us at @EmphasisWriting, with the hashtag #EmphasisTest, using Stan Carey’s tips on writing concisely for Twitter. We’v...
How to structure a business report 14 Feb 2013 | 09:35 pm
Many writers start with their findings, then outline their conclusions, and give their main message – their recommendations – at the end. The effect on the reader is to keep them guessing or arguing w...
Five steps to writing a great LinkedIn profile 14 Feb 2013 | 09:29 pm
LinkedIn, that’s that online CV thing, right? Well, kind of. But with more than 200 million registered users, 2.8 million company pages and 2.6 billion page views per month, LinkedIn is more than just...
That’s that, then 4 Feb 2013 | 09:12 pm
Today, we were asked to settle a dispute between colleagues over the word that. The example given was: ’The consensus was the chief executive was right’ vs ‘The consensus was that the chief executive ...
Twitter challenge: how short can you go? 1 Feb 2013 | 05:00 am
In my previous article for Emphasis, I looked at long and short words and their relative merits, writes Stan Carey. One place where shorter is usually better is Twitter, where everyone has to stick t...
France bans the word ‘hashtag’ 28 Jan 2013 | 07:21 pm
Sacré bleu! France has added hashtag to its list of banned English words, writes Cathy Relf. The Académie française, the state body appointed to protect the French language, has announced that the Eng...
