Editorial Team
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How to Write Concisely: Five Kinds of Words You Can Cut Today
A practical editing guide to wordiness: obvious detail, filler modifiers, repetition, redundant pairs and redundant categories, with before-and-after examples and a word-count table.
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Plain Language: How to Write So Busy Readers Understand You the First Time
What plain language means, the US government guidance behind it, and five practical habits (audience, active voice, present tense, uncovered verbs and short paragraphs) with before-and-after…
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Dangling Modifiers: How to Spot Them and Three Ways to Fix Them
Why “Walking into the office, the printer jammed” reads so oddly, and three reliable ways to repair a modifier that has lost the word it describes.
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Apostrophes Without the Panic: Possessives, Contractions and Its vs It’s
The three jobs an apostrophe does, how to handle plural and singular possessives, and the small set of mistakes that cause most apostrophe errors.
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How to Use a Semicolon (and When a Full Stop Is Better)
The three jobs a semicolon does, the mistakes that make editors wince, and a quick test for deciding between a semicolon, a comma, a colon and…
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Strength Training for Beginners: A Home Routine You Can Start Today
Why the NHS recommends strength work twice a week, a no-equipment beginner routine, how to progress safely and a 12-week plan that fits into 20 minutes.
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Damp and Mould at Home: How to Find the Cause and Fix It
How to tell condensation from leaks, clean small patches of mould safely, keep humidity in the range the EPA recommends, and know when to call a…
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Your First Job’s Retirement Plan: How to Read the Benefits and Get the Match
A guide for new employees to workplace retirement plans: how employer matching works, the 2026 IRS contribution limits, vesting, and what to set up in your…
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Study Methods That Work, According to Education Research
How to space out study, test yourself and ask deeper questions, based on the US Institute of Education Sciences practice guide, with a weekly study plan…
The Sunday Letter
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