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Raising the rigour of resignation letters

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calendar_today06-07-2022 08:06:05

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So there's a particular quirk of English grammar that I've always found quite endearing: the exocentric verb-noun compound agent noun.

It appears in a definite, remarkably narrow period - not more than 150, 200 years - before dying out, leaving loads of legacy words in its wake.

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Dial down the hyperbolic 'truly wonderful' writing to pack more of a 'mighty punch'. Para 7 is like Pilgrim's Progress, guiding Bill Online-Safety through the Long Grass, past the Tech Giant & into the valley of the Eyes of the World.The end is tender, like a Hallmark card. 7/10

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This is a list not a letter. Use paragraphs! Have 3-5 sentences per paragraph, each centred around a single idea. Lines like ‘We have also rightly been tough…’ are maladroit. Edit it to one side of A4, and try to add at least one para on why exactly you’re resigning. 6/10

This is a list not a letter. Use paragraphs! Have 3-5 sentences per paragraph, each centred around a single idea. Lines like ‘We have also rightly been tough…’ are maladroit. Edit it to one side of A4, and try to add at least one para on why exactly you’re resigning. 6/10
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‘Brevity is the soul of wit’. A ten page resignation letter certainly gets the prize for being a comprehensive missive, but should be accompanied by a sachet of instant coffee to keep the reader awake and focused.

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Why the demonstrative pronoun ‘that’? Just say ‘the next election’. It isn’t like there are two and you’re trying to distinguish one from the other.

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Start with ‘I’m straightforward and straight-talking.’ Adding ‘honesty’ comes across as less honest. Sentence 2 sounds clumsy. Try ‘When I say I’m going to do something, I do it.’ The tricolon at the end has a nice rhythm but it’s meaningless. ‘I’ve done it’ What exactly?

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‘Now, look, kid, enough is enough.' Nice homage to Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman.' You’re rolling out the red carpet & turning a blind eye. Not every sentence has to be a metaphor. Next time use some plain English. 7/10

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You start with a predictable tricolon. The anaphora piles the emphasis on 'free'. Stop over-writing; lose 'its embrace of'. Sentence 2 is dreadful. The antithesis of 'doubling down on levelling up' is clownish. Aspiration nation means a breathing nation. WTF is the alternative?

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