I’ve been conducting training in business writing skills for almost 30 years. During that time I’ve received lots of questions about the use of English. I’ve also noticed lots of ‘blunders’ in emails that I receive. I’ve now compiled lots of these blunders into a [...]
Needless to say Three words that should not be used! If it's needless to say, then why say it? Please find/Please see My gripe about these phrases is that the active verbs are find and see. But you don’t want the reader [...]
Fill up To fill up means filling up something that is empty with something else, like filling up a glass with water. If you are referring to a form, you fill in a form (British English) or fill out a form (American English). Grammar Too [...]
A lot So many people write a lot as one word instead of two. If you do this, ask yourself if you would write alittle or afew. Of course not, right? So please don't write alot! For example: There are a lot of blunders in [...]
Dated When replying to a letter, do not say "Thank you for your letter dated on .....". The correct expression is "Thank you for your letter dated ..." or "Thank you for your letter of ....". We should not say dated on. Discuss It is not grammatically correct to say "I [...]
