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Psychology and linguistics
Posted by: Rob Ashton
09 / 05 / 19
Have you ever noticed how you are more likely to give in to temptation at the end of the day than at the beginning? If you’re on a diet, it’s generally after eight or nine at night that you tend to mysteriously find your hand in the cookie jar, not just after you’ve grabbed your […]
13 / 03 / 19
There’s one thing about reports that people never seem to talk about. Even after 21 years, and training more than 50,000 people to write well, I really can’t recall anyone bringing it up. And that secret is this: reading is hard. I don’t mean we find it difficult to read our email or text messages, […]
15 / 03 / 18
Mention writing skills to most people and they will roll their eyes before launching into a confession about how spelling/grammar/punctuation/all three have always been their weakest link. Yet, when they do, they’re missing the point. These things matter, for sure. An email full of typos or a poorly punctuated proposal will almost certainly undermine your […]
15 / 02 / 17
Most people think their driving is above average. That’s a statistical impossibility, of course, otherwise it wouldn’t be an average. Still, it’s what we believe. In one study, no fewer than 93 per cent of Americans questioned placed themselves in the top 50 per cent of drivers. This is an example of what psychologists call […]
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
06 / 01 / 17
It’s that time again. A new year, a (seemingly) new beginning and a brand new chance to do everything a bit better. Clean slates are always appealing, and the turning of one year into another is as good a prompt as any to make a change – especially since it comes preloaded with tradition. Yet, […]
Posted by: Jacob Funnell
14 / 09 / 16
Like it or not, we all end up getting thrown into arguments about whether something we’ve written is ‘correct’. This could be a colleague picking you up on your apostrophes. Or it might be a subtle point of style that your manager crosses out with angry red pen. It may just be a snide Facebook […]
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