Short answers to questions people actually type. Every one of these is a chapter of a book we have written, given away, because the people who need the answer at 2am are not going to buy a book first.
What does competitive salary mean in a job advert?
It means they are not telling you the number. Here is how to get it.
What does working towards mean on a school report?
It means below the expected standard. It points forwards because the assessment points down.
What is a Cat N car, and should you buy one?
A write-off you are allowed to drive. Sometimes a bargain, sometimes not, and the difference is knowable.
What did a house cost the year you were born?
The number is smaller than you think and it is the wrong number to look at.
Week 6 of first year at university, and why almost everybody hits it
It is the middle of November and it has gone flat. This is what that is.
What to say to a new parent, and what to send instead of a question
You want to help and you do not know what the sentence is.
You do not have to sign for a second-year house in November
Everyone in your corridor is forming groups and you have known them eight weeks.