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January 2012

Get yourself in the festive mood by tackling our Christmas challenge – can you untangle the business speak and reveal the three well-known festive songs hidden beneath? Then, ponder the round robin. Are his days days of self-indulgence numbered? Or can he adapt?

You can also download the latest Communication lab podcast, learn an easy rule to distinguish who from whom, and find out how to tame a run-on sentence.

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• Name that festive tune

  Can you untangle the business speak and reveal the festive ditties trapped within?

• Is the round robin’s goose cooked?

  The round robin: a welcome catch-up, or just self-indulgence?

• Run-on sentences

  How to harness the power of the semicolon and rein in run-on sentences.

• Who or whom? (And who cares?)

  Is it who or whom? And does it really matter?