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We’ve all heard of the Hippocratic Oath, the one that doctors use as their guiding principles. Well, I reckon loads of medical and other professionals swear a different, secret oath when they start out. I call it th...
Read moreJargon is okay-ish Using jargon is fine if you can be 100% sure that your audience will understand everything you write. In fact, it can be a very positive thing. Consider a surgeon about to operate on a dangerously i...
Read moreWe’ve all been in this situation. Your boss sends you an email at 2 pm on a Friday afternoon and asks you to ‘tidy up’ a document. ‘Don’t worry,’ they say. ‘All the information is there. All you have to ...
Read moreIf you’re looking for tips on how to clean up after your dog, sorry. This post is about editing a dog’s breakfast of a document. As discussed in my post, Three key things to ask before you ‘tidy up’ a...
Read moreAs noted in my post ‘How to edit a dog’s breakfast in 5 steps’, creating marginal notes is a terrific way to find out if your document flows well, contains irrelevant material or needs more informati...
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