Tell it like it is!
13 September 2012
In the first of a series on concise writing for work, Robert Ashton explains how to avoid the jargon and verbosity that stop you getting your message across
Here's a question. When exactly did we become operatives? I asked myself that while I was stuck in a traffic jam last week. The hold-up was caused by a dustcart, on the front of which was the warning: "Operatives working at rear". It made me wonder what differentiated these "operatives" from mere "people".
Of course, the answer is nothing. Operatives are the...