Grammar Grabs: Do You Use These Words Correctly?

Plum vs. plumb
Plum is an adjective meaning desirable, and it also denotes the sweet, purplish fruit. The adjectival meaning originated as a figurative extension of the fruit.
Plumb is a verb meaning (1) to determine the depth of, to probe, or (2) to work as a plumber; an adjective/adverb meaning (3) exactly vertical, (4) utterly, or (5) squarely; and a noun referring to (6) a weight on the end of a line, used to determine water depth.  (more…)

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Dionne Lew

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A respected thought leader and pioneer in social executive leadership Dionne Lew is the CEO of The Social Executive™ and now partners with Media Manoeuvres to provide senior executive social media training for strategic thought leadership. (more…)

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Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch & the Ultimate RevengeWinner of the 2013 Walkey book award:
Killing Fairfax
Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge

An incisive, hard-hitting and utterly compelling exposé of media, powerful mates and multimillion-dollar deals.

With exclusive and unprecedented access to both Murdoch and Packer, as well as an extraordinary line-up of Australian business leaders and influential powerbrokers, Killing Fairfax is a powerful insiders’ story of the deals, the power plays and the machinations behind the decline of the influential media company Fairfax, publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age And The Australian Financial Review. (more…)

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