Whether or not you’ve taken our tongue-in-cheek style test, if you already consider yourself a Churchill of writing then you’ve probably perfected the four traits below.

Whether or not you’ve taken our tongue-in-cheek style test, if readers need a ball of thread to find their way out of your verbal maze then please read on.

Whether or not you’ve taken our tongue-in-cheek style test, if your writing makes even politicians sound intelligible please read on.

Whether or not you’ve taken our tongue-in-cheek style test, if you think you write like George Dubya speaks then please read on.

. . . and discover what kind of business writer you are. For each set of sentences below, which of the four options comes closest to the way you write?

In a poll conducted in 2009, Britons voted the line from the 1992 film A Few Good Men – “You can’t handle the truth” – the most memorable movie quote of all time.

Life is fickle if you’re a cliché: you enter the world a rising star, only to assume celebrity D-list status shortly ever after – not so much sought after as impossible to avoid.

Yo! For all you on-line suitors out there hoping to woo with the written word, here’s a bit of advice from dating website OKCupid:

I’ve no idea if children are taught about collective nouns in schools these days. I hope they are because they make for some marvellous images:

Literally is one of many words that are widely misused nowadays. Nevertheless, unlike most of its contemporaries it can bring a smile to the faces of even the most pedantic.

Fewer is one of those words that seems to be disappearing. I don’t know if it is a case of “if in doubt, just use less” or because people simply forget that it exists. Fewer does fulfil a role that less does not, though, so if you want to get it right here is a basic explanation and some tips to help you.

On one of my recent Google trawls I came upon this description of lawn weeds: Flowering weeds can appear attractive to the untrained eye, but they are an eyesore to someone who is striving to maintain a healthy lawn with curb appeal.