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Creative language of beauty products

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 13, 2015January 3, 2015

The beauty product and cosmetics industry is big and very lucrative. They are not allowed…

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Using contractions in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 17, 2014October 17, 2014

Contractions in writing are a bit of a minefield for non-native speakers of English. When…

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Capitalisation

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 2, 2014September 14, 2014

Capitalisation is difficult for Swedish speakers of English because Swedish does not often capitalise words. There…

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Writing Skills

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 29, 2014September 10, 2014

Because of my background in the journalism field I love teaching writing and am lucky…

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five.sentences.es

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 4, 2014April 26, 2014

The Problem E-mail takes too long to respond to, resulting in continuous inbox overflow for…

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The Comma Sutra – a.k.a when commas fall in love

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 28, 2014April 26, 2014
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Text speak translator

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 25, 2014April 26, 2014

If you battle with txtspk then this translator may be ideal for you. Even theses…

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Irritating Phrases in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 8, 2014March 31, 2014

whatever 24/7 at the end of the day like you know it’s not rocket science

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Numbers – false friends between Swedish and English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 6, 2014March 31, 2014

  There are often incorrect translations from Swedish into English so beware: Svenska: 1.000.000 –…

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The importance of correct punctuation

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 5, 2014March 31, 2014

Remember punctuation! Proofread or ask someone else to look at important documents before publishing or sending

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