Make sure you reach your audience
To get your message across you need to be clear and accurate. And you need to use good grammar.
It can be difficult for people who’ve grown up speaking English, and even harder for those of us for whom English is a second language.
I’ve had more than 30 years’ experience preparing articles for newspapers and other media. Most of the time it has meant
rewriting material so the reader understands what the writer had meant to say. Don’t feel that you need to use big words and technical terms to reach your audience. It’s plain language that you need. On these pages I hope to show some of the difficulties that English can cause – and some tips and tricks to help you get around the difficulties. I hope the examples and information on this site will help you.
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A world of football
WITH two continents, South America and Europe, at the moment totally absorbed with football and the fallout of their main competitions, it’s easy to see how heavily football, and other sports, influence our language. English is peppered with phrases and expressions that reference the sport, or sport in general. I could kick off with a…
Words that I always check
There are some words that I will always check. Their spelling or meaning don’t come naturally to me, however many times I come across them. I may not always check them in a dictionary or with someone else. At the very least I’ll do a mental check, usually against one of the rules – “fri-…
Who or whom
It was my friend Rhodri, when I asked for ideas on topics for this blog, who suggested that I could try to explain when to use “who” and when to use “whom”. It’s a problem I had struggled with also so I could see why it might be worth an explanation. I’ve always used a…
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Whatstheword 
Congratulations, Vimal, on creating this informative and extremely helpful website.
For anyone, especially those for whom English is not their mother tongue, seeking a guide to the often baffling complexities which make English such an incredibly versatile and richly expressive language, look no further.
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