Roberta Basarbolieva's
Compelling Edits

You have a career. You went to university for it. Chances are, you were streamed into your field from the age of 12 or so. You are highly...

David Ogilvy, hailed as the “Father of Advertising”, was a Scotsman who worked as a farmer and a French chef before moving to New York to...

Once you have developed and structured your manuscript and are satisfied with its shape, it is time to bring in a copy editor. The copy...

The proof is the finalized draft of a text. After you have written and edited your text for factual correctness, structural integrity,...

What comes to mind when you read the verb ‘to dust’? If it is something along the lines of ‘I hate dusting the cupboards – it’s a...

This is a guest post from our resident recruitment/talent acquisition expert, Antoaneta Basarbolieva. Antoaneta has spent over a decade...

Everyone enjoys a little humour sometimes. We judge the interest level of seminars, books, and even news articles by whether they can...

What do all of the below phrases have in common? Fruit’s and Vegetable’s Cheap potato’s Who’s sandwich is this? Gift’s for...

One thing that I always notice when reading British and American novels one after the other is the difference in their use of the Present...

A widely debated point in writing both fiction and non-fiction is the use of clichés: phrases or expressions that are overused; so...

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘weasel’? Fast, sleek, always able to escape? Weasel words fit two of those...

Do you have spellchecker on your computer? For years now, Microsoft Word has been checking that the subject of a sentence matches its...

Do you write many emails? How many times have you caught a mistake in your email right as you click 'Send'? Below I've compiled a list of...

How do you start your business emails? Is it 'Dear Sir/Madam'? Or 'Antoine, we need to talk'?