Why are international organizations full of kind staff writing kind emails requesting kind actions? Here are some examples from my course participants’ recent emails: In… Read More »Choose the right words. What is wrong with ‘kind’ and ‘kindly’ in professional writing?
If you’re writing at work, you need to use clear language. Avoid weak or vague verbs that can have multiple meanings and may be ambiguous.… Read More »Choose the right words. What can you share at work?
Probably due to the influence of other languages, these words tend to be overused in communications in international organizations. I wonder why they are so… Read More »Do you overuse ‘kind’ and ‘kindly’ in your communications?
Plain English proponents consider that if something is mentioned in a text, it is already important and the word needn’t be stated. However, some texts… Read More »‘Important’ is such an important word in many people’s texts! Is it overdone?