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Some people are naturally good writers; others are not so good. Yet, as with most skills, if you are trained in writing techniques, and you keep practising, you can usually improve what you produce. Sometimes, however, poor writing at work is just a symptom, not the actual problem. Long flowery sentences, muddled thinking and an illogical structure may indicate the …
We’re being bombarded with advice on avoiding words and phrases that bore in the office—you know, sayings like ‘squaring the circle’ and ‘being dynamic’ and ‘having the bandwidth’. Easy to say, not so easy to do. So, how do you come up with fresh words and phrases? Your reading materials are probably your main source of new language. What you …
