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Bullying nouns and sneaky adverbs – inside the Grammar Class
Wouldn't it be nice if all the parts of speech got on together? Dream on...
Jun 18
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Mark Jones
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Bullying nouns and sneaky adverbs – inside the Grammar Class
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The Grammar Class, deconstructed
Are adverbs really sneaky? Are nouns bullies?
Jun 18
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May 2025
Let's make punctuation fashionable again
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May 14
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Mark Jones
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It’s rude not to point
In this subscriber-only blog, we look at full points, colons and one of the most controversial things on your keyboard – the exclamation mark!
May 14
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Mark Jones
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March 2025
Everything should be shorter, Part 1
We kick off a new series on business English with some invaluable ideas for saving you and your organsation time and trouble
Mar 25
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Mark Jones
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The golden rule: everything should be shorter
Lesson one: nouns versus verbs, verbiage versus clarity
Mar 25
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February 2025
Here's your new job sharer
Emma is the face of AI – in German tourism circles, anyway. How does she – and it - write and sound?
Feb 6
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Mark Jones
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January 2025
You're a writer – what have you got to smile about?
Because AI is coming for you. What hope is there?
Jan 21
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Mark Jones
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You're a writer – what have you got to smile about?
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December 2024
Trump, Gisèle and how to turn a narrative on its head
The story of 2024, as shaped by a perpetrator and a victim
Dec 30, 2024
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Mark Jones
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Trump, Gisèle and how to turn a narrative on its head
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January 2024
Things can only get better. That's what things (almost) always do
Let's start the new year with some cold, hard facts about the world we travel in. Warning: pessimistic readers may want to look away now
Jan 10, 2024
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Mark Jones
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Things can only get better. That's what things (almost) always do
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March 2023
The best proposal we've read all year
The challenge: get your parents to buy you a tortoise. The solution: a PowerPoint deck, naturally
Mar 23, 2023
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January 2023
The real Mad Men say a long farewell.
As the last agency on Madison Avenue turn the lights out, we look at the (almost) lost art of the long-copy ad
Jan 23, 2023
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The real Mad Men say a long farewell.
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