Jargon is vocabulary used by any group of insiders or specialists to communicate with each other, and is acceptable in documents which are only read by that group. However, outsiders (especially the general public) will have to work harder than … Read More
False friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in two languages that look similar but differ in meaning. In a multilingual environment like the European Commission, we often mix up our languages. Borrowing between French end English is common. … Read More
Computer users can avoid e-mail spam in several ways: End-users can use automated e-mail filtering on their own computers. System administrators can use appropriate tools to trap e-mail spam at the mail server level, either by use of software or … Read More
The foundation of winning at Blackjack is to utilize proper basic strategy in playing the hands. “Proper” means that each decision you make on hitting, standing, doubling or splitting pairs is the correct mathematical play for that hand. There is … Read More
Another easy step to dear writing is to useverbs in the active voice (‘the car hit a tree’) rather than the passive (‘a tree was hit by the car‘). Compare these: BAD: New guidelines have been laid downbythe President in … Read More
Concrete messages are clear – abstract language canbe vague and off-putting. Too much abstract language might even lead your reader to think either that you don’t know what you are writing about or that your motives for writingare suspect. Unless … Read More
One simple way to write more dearly is to change … this (BAD)… => … to this (GOOD): by the destruction of => by destroying for the maximisation of => for maximising of the introduction of => of introducing … Read More
In physics, a theory of everything (TOE) is a theory that unifies the four fundamental forces of nature: gravity, the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, and the electromagnetic force, and is the goal of researchers in quantum gravity. … Read More
Thought-form of the Music of Gounod, according to Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater in Thought Forms (1901) The term musical form is used in two related ways: a generic type of composition such as the symphony or concerto the structure … Read More
You may have to write (or improve) a text containing a mass of facts and ideas. Here are some ways of untangling the information so that readers will understand each sentence straight away. Name the agents of each action and … Read More
(a) Citizens. Many EU citizens purchase on-line gambling services for entertainment purposes1, while a smaller group of players make a living as professional gamblers (e.g. professional poker players) and there are also associations/syndicates operating in the EU market. Many of … Read More
Short… The value of a document does not increase the longer it gets. Your readers will not respect you more because you have written 20 pages instead of 10, especially when they realise that you could have written what you … Read More
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