"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do" Thomas Jefferson
Words and cartoon from the 'Guardian style guide'
Saying it in style
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do" Thomas Jefferson Words and cartoon from the 'Guardian style guide'
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Thank you for taking the time to complete our online survey. As is to be expected response was low from over 200 emails we received 19 replies. Our total customer numbers represent 650 'commissions' (individual documents) which averages about 30 per month since we started.These have been as short as an email or a 40,000 word thesis. Of the replies we got to our email request here is a summary of the results.
Generally the feedback was positive with the majority of respondents being satisfied or extremely satisfied with the service. Eighty-nine percent said our service was extremely or very useful and half the respondents were extremely likely to use us again. One worrying issue for us is 54% report they use other services. We aim to provide the best possible service. We are most concerned with customer satisfaction and are always interested in any queries, comments or suggestions so please feel free to contact us at the usual email address. You can get the full report including our responses to comments by sending an email to our usual address; mail@alterenglish.com and mark your email 'survey'. Thank you once again for your contributions. "A room without books is like a body without a soul." Marcus Tullius Cicero Of course it depends if you believe in a 'soul' theory! But even so the sentiment is true. Here is an interesting question we got recently.
If you don't mind, may I ask which one here below is correct? two day meeting two-day meeting two day work camp two-day work camp Should it with or without hyphen? May I have your suggestions please? I don't mind at all. Hyphens are complicated. But in your example I would say with a - Look at the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/13781829.stm Two-day win over Herts pleases Cambs captain. Here is another example.The Met Film School is London's leading provider of practical filmmaking courses, based at Ealing Studios. Course Overview. Two-Day Intensive Filmmaking is a . . . The reason being it is a compound adjective; two-day meeting (no ’s’) Whereas, this example “Prague itineraries: one day and two days in the city.” ‘two days' is plural (s) If you wrote it the other way it would be: “Prague: one-day and two-day city itineraries.” And it must be "We are holding a two-day workcamp . . . " If you write it this way “The workcamp will be held over two days." There is no hyphen. Hope that helps In a lighter mood.
The popular social network site Facebook is fertile ground for English language goofs. Here are some gathered by MacDictionary. Caption to picture of a baby, “My little angle.” Comment: She’s so acute! “What are words for if no listens anymore?” Comment: What are words if no uses them right? “There is no ‘i’ in happyness.” Comment: Well, if you spelled it right there would be. By the way the survey has now been deleted from the website. We are awaiting feedback from our associates before posting the results. Until next time, take care. As a result of discussions which took place during our recent break several changes have been agreed.
1 We are discontinuing our translation service 2 Our associate editors will become more involved with academic editing 3 The present editor will in future concentrate on web content, marketing, customer care and managing the website 4 All customer email addresses - apart from our business contacts - to be deleted from our system 5 Our Facebook page is temporarily offline The website has been redesigned to reflect those changes. We are currently analyzing the customer survey and will publish the results and our response shortly. Until next time, take care. We are taking a short break from lunchtime tomorrow 14th July to 18th July.
When we return we will have a redesigned website and our responses to the online survey. I loved this said by the Ghost in the movie Ghost Writer: "Well all the words are there, they're just in the wrong order."
cartoon David mark Brown http://www.davidmarkbrownwrites.com/creating-a-niche-vs-writing-the-blockbuster/ Here at AlterEnglish we realised we have never actually asked our customers if they like our service or not, if they would use it again and if they have any comments. Without seeking for feedback how can we know what our customers want and start to give them it. So, we're asking you to take a short online survey which can be viewed on the home page, thank you so much.
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