Notebook
For writers, notebooks are where ideas come to life. This blog is a space for sharing our news and ideas with you.
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American English versus British English for web content
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“Users pay attention to details in a site’s writing style, and they’ll notice if you use the wrong variant of the English language.” via useit.com
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Nokia environmental campaign wins Green Award
Web words , Good words
We’re celebrating today. The environmental campaign we worked on with Hyper and Naked has won the Grand Prix at the Green Awards. It engaged an amazing 73% of Nokia’s employees worldwide.
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Don’t Mind Your Language…
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"Let there be textural delight, let there be silken words and flinty words and sodden speeches and soaking speeches and crackling utterance and utterance that quivers and wobbles like rennet. Let there be rapid firecracker phrases and language that oozes like a lake of lava. Words are your birthright." via stephenfry.com
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If you only do one thing this week … cut out jargon
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"Say what you mean and mean what you say. This should be the first rule of working life. Straight talk, after all, is needed if you're going to show leadership, inspire others and bring people together as a team." via guardian.co.uk
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100 most common English words
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"See how many of the 100 most common words in the English language you can guess in 5 minutes." via Quizicon
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How to ask for feedback about your business writing
Business words
Good feedback helps you write well. Make the process clear and simple for everyone involved and you’ll be rewarded with useful feedback about your writing.