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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 moreIt’s a quick ‘tidy-up’ We’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 t...
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 moreThree steps to editing a document As noted in my post ‘How to edit a dog’s breakfast’, creating marginal notes is a terrific way to find out if your document flows well, contains irrelevant material ...
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