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Food for thought

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

George Bernard Shaw

 

 

Grammar time

The plural pronoun they is being used more and more to refer to a single person when we don't know whether the person is male or female.

 

Saying he or she can sound awkward. They is generally accepted in sentences using words like someone or anyone, e.g. 'Anyone can trade if they are a member'.

 

Using they after a single noun, as in 'Ask a broker if they can trade', is not so well accepted.

Creating forms

Do you or one of your colleagues ever get asked to produce a business form or template for a specific subject or criteria? For example, a Project Management template, Tendering template or just a Glossary of Australian Acronyms.

Is it daunting trying to work out where to start? Well, here's a website that may save you a little stress and a lot of time: www.docdownload.com.au

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They have a small team of technical writers who are very experienced in document preparation for the Australian market. The documents produced meet national and international standards and the law.

They have hundreds of fully prepared templates that can be downloaded individually by casual users at very reasonable prices; many are free.

And they are looking to enter into a long term relationship with small-to medium-sized businesses in every State in Australia and with corporate tech writers in the key divisions such as Head Office, IT, HR, Marketing, Risk Management, and Project Management.

If you become a member, all documents on the site are available to you at no extra cost! And members may send a request to the team for additional documents to be published on the docDownload website. 

 

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