Making them up as I go (2)

1. Tell the truth.
2. Entice, or fail.
3. To emphasize, summarize.
4. If it ain't short, it don't work.
5. Be clear.


And so I don't forget:
Don't explain. Just tell a story.
Don't argue. Just say things that make sense.
Expect people to be bored by the writing, and shorten it.
Make the wording easy to take.

Remove Loose Ends -- the interesting one-liners that go nowhere.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

That would be who

From Investopedia:
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a quarterly report of compensation costs that is released in the final month of the quarter... All non-farm industries are covered, with the exception of federal government employees (which only make up 2-3% of the work force).
Federal government employees are people. For people, we use the word "who". Therefore:
... federal government employees (who only make up 2-3% of the work force).

For the opposite case, see WHICH, not WHO

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Didn't know the Federal workforce was so small, did you.
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