--- title: "Other Communications: a catalogue of essays on public writing" url: https://othercommunications.com/ description: "A catalogue of sixteen essays on public writing: notices, plain language, speaking on the record and corrections." --- # Other Communications: a catalogue of essays on public writing - [Work](https://othercommunications.com/)sixteen plates - [Notices](https://othercommunications.com/series/notices)four plates - [Plain Language](https://othercommunications.com/series/plain-language)four plates - [On the Record](https://othercommunications.com/series/on-the-record)four plates - [Corrections](https://othercommunications.com/series/corrections)four plates - [Notes](https://othercommunications.com/notes)scope and method [A · Plate 01 · What an Announcement Owes Its Reader · 640 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/what-an-announcement-owes-its-reader) [A · Plate 02 · The First Paragraph Does the Work · 572 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-first-paragraph-does-the-work) [A · Plate 03 · Dates, Embargoes and the Clock · 619 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/dates-embargoes-and-the-clock) [A · Plate 04 · When Not to Announce Anything · 619 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/when-not-to-announce-anything) [B · Plate 05 · Nouns That Hide the Actor · 602 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/nouns-that-hide-the-actor) [B · Plate 06 · A Sentence Is a Unit of Attention · 562 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/a-sentence-is-a-unit-of-attention) [B · Plate 07 · Numbers in Running Prose · 527 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/numbers-in-running-prose) [B · Plate 08 · The Glossary You Never Wrote · 608 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-glossary-you-never-wrote) ## Current reading [01**Best Tools for WhatsApp Lead Generation in 2026 for Small Businesses**Oct 06, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/best-tools-for-whatsapp-lead-generation-in-2026-for-small-businesses/) [02**9 Best WhatsApp Business API Providers in India for 2026**Sep 27, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/9-best-whatsapp-business-api-providers-in-india-for-2026/) [03**How to Build a Media List: Options to Compare**Sep 14, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/how-to-build-a-media-list-options-to-compare/) [04**Ritner Digital Alternatives Pricing Guide: What Should You Pay?**Sep 09, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/ritner-digital-alternatives-pricing-guide-what-should-you-pay/) [05**Best Reputation Management Services for Outrank Negative Search Results in 2026**Sep 01, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/best-reputation-management-services-for-outrank-negative-search-results-in-2026/) [06**9 Top RankYak Alternatives for Automated Content Generation**Aug 30, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/9-top-rankyak-alternatives-for-automated-content-generation/) [07**RankYak Alternatives for Bloggers and Affiliate Marketers: 8 Automated Content Generation Tools**Aug 29, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/rankyak-alternatives-for-bloggers-and-affiliate-marketers-8-automated-content-generation-tools/) [08**Top 3 Reputation Management Services for SEO Services**Aug 27, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/top-3-reputation-management-services-for-seo-services/) [09**Perdoo vs Heyramp for OKR Tracking**Aug 23, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/perdoo-vs-heyramp-for-okr-tracking/) [10**Why Is Aristosourcing the Best for Field-service Businesses?**Aug 22, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/why-is-aristosourcing-the-best-for-field-service-businesses/) More [11**Karo.bot vs Tasks.Bot for AI Team Assignment Automation Software**Aug 22, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/karo-bot-vs-tasks-bot-for-ai-team-assignment-automation-software/) [12**Lattice vs Heyramp for 360-Degree Feedback**Aug 17, 2026](https://othercommunications.com/lattice-vs-heyramp-for-360-degree-feedback/) [C · Plate 09 · The Three Registers of a Quote · 552 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-three-registers-of-a-quote) [C · Plate 10 · Preparing Without Scripting · 549 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/preparing-without-scripting) [C · Plate 11 · Questions You Should Expect · 501 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/questions-you-should-expect) [C · Plate 12 · Silence as a Position · 552 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/silence-as-a-position) [D · Plate 13 · The Anatomy of a Correction · 531 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-anatomy-of-a-correction) [D · Plate 14 · Correcting Without Relitigating · 548 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/correcting-without-relitigating) [D · Plate 15 · What a Correction Log Is For · 506 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/what-a-correction-log-is-for) [D · Plate 16 · The Half-Life of a Mistake · 542 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-half-life-of-a-mistake) ## About this catalogue Other Communications collects essays about how public writing behaves. The four series take the announcement, the sentence, the quoted remark and the correction in turn, and each essay follows a single problem to the point where the practical decision becomes clear. Every essay is issued as a numbered plate. The letter identifies the series and the number is the position in the catalogue as a whole, so the numbering does not restart and the order of publication stays visible. The plate drawings are typographic rather than illustrative, because the subject is language and an illustration would have to invent a subject the text does not have. The series can be read in any order. The corrections series assumes the reader is broadly sympathetic to the argument in the notices series about what a public statement is, but nothing else here depends on being read in sequence. - [Notices](https://othercommunications.com/series/notices) · four plates - [Plain Language](https://othercommunications.com/series/plain-language) · four plates - [On the Record](https://othercommunications.com/series/on-the-record) · four plates - [Corrections](https://othercommunications.com/series/corrections) · four plates