technical level — the kind of thing you’d study in a graduate course on the structure of English — it is filled with persuasive observations and advice. Here’s a paragraph about short sentences: Ideas ...

Short sentences are most effective when used rarely; continually using short sentences creates stilted, awkward prose. However, neither should you start writing paragraph-long sentences! Rather, you ...

Short prison sentences of 12 months or less should be used only as a last resort, according to the justice secretary, David Gauke, speaking in a recent interview with the Sunday Times. He emphasised ...

Or rather, so do people. We know that marketing is everywhere. Everyone is trying to tell you something. And then sell you something. Punchy is a vile word. What I’m talking about is succinct copy.

ENGLAND AND Wales lock up a lot of people—more than any European Union country. Because imprisonment keeps those who pose a danger to the public off the streets, it is popular. But an increasingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK’s latest law on sentencing came into force on March 22. Among other changes, the new law means that, in England and Wales, ...

But first this holiday message: The introduction to the book “Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer” concludes: “We need lots of writing tools to build a nation of writers. Here are ...

“It just sent me back to square one,” Emma told us at HMP New Hall in Wakefield, as she described being recalled to her cell for just 28 days, right as she was starting to get her life back on track. ...

It was a delight to read Brenda Cronin’s “Brevity: Or, the Soul of Wit” (op-ed, Oct. 12). As a writing coach for more years than I care to count, I have been drumming into rookie brains the value of ...