Insights archive

Red Pony is a team of writers, editors, Microsoft Office template developers and communications trainers. We have been writing about our areas of expertise for over a decade in our Red Pony Express newsletter.

This collection features the best articles from the last 10 years.

Business communications, Editing Andrew Eather Business communications, Editing Andrew Eather

Bulleted lists

A bulleted list is an asset when you are supporting your argument. It’s a liability when your discussion is so underdeveloped that you rely on dot points to make your case for you. Only use them once you have already made your central point in the text and simply wish to provide some supporting evidence, examples or instructions.

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Editing, Grammar tips Andrew Eather Editing, Grammar tips Andrew Eather

Capital letters

Determining when to use a capital letter would seem to be one of the more straightforward grammatical choices. And so it is when you are dealing with proper names or words at the beginning of sentences. It’s pretty obvious to most of us that names of countries, cities, days of the week and specific individuals take a capital letter. But did you know that a reference to the current Australian prime minister should be capitalised, but that references to previous incumbents should not?

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