The contact sheet
Every guide we have published, newest first, each shown with the edit at its heart.
- Proofreading
How do you proofread your own writing?
You read what you meant to write. Every useful method is a way of stopping that.
- Reports
How do you write an executive summary for a report?
Write it last, keep it to about a page, and assume it is the only part of the report anyone will read.
- Grammar
Is the passive voice wrong?
It is correct English, and sometimes the better choice. The trouble starts when it hides who is going to do the work.
- Emails
How should you start and end a work email in the UK?
Copy the formality of the person writing to you. When there is nothing to copy, start a notch more formal than feels natural.
- Grammar
Which or that: what is the rule in British English?
With commas, always which. Without commas, take your pick. Almost everything else is about the commas.
- Plain English
What is plain English, and how do you write it at work?
Writing your reader understands the first time. It is a skill for grown-up documents, and it loses no precision if you do it properly.
