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The Grammar Factor: Write to Govern, dependent and dependant
January 2015 Write to Govern The second edition of my book Write to Govern: How to write effective board papers is now available on my website, Amazon and Kindle. Governance consultant and non-executive director Julie Garland-McLellan says: ‘I reviewed the first edition of this book and loved it. Now it is back in a much […]
The Grammar Factor: florid language in political reporting, note and notes
Politics attracts florid language Australian federal politics have been volatile this year and the reporting has been too. A reader commented that in just one day in The Sydney Morning Herald, journalists referred to: ‘A brace of broken election promises…’ (Reader’s comment: a brace is only two.) ‘Abbott is safe as long as the forces […]