Full Stop

Full Stop saves you time, stress and money in achieving your goal of the perfect communiqué.

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Web copy
Newsletters
Indexing
Marketing communications & press releases
Strategy documents, proposals, agreements
Magazine and trade publication copy
Medical and legal documents
Medico-legal reports
Training manuals

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Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


 


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Full Stop Learning

Full Stop Learning offers users the chance to develop their English skills.

Full Stop Learning

The Full Stop Learning course has been developed according to a practical mindset, and is structured to benefit the self-motivated student. One of the major aims of the course is to give second language speakers access to a set of tools that will help them develop their English skills and writing abilities within the context of their working life.

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"Axius Publishing has made use of Full Stop’s services for the past five years. It is a pleasure to work with someone as professional and committed as Maureen Miller. For her, language really does matter, right down to the last comma, colon or full stop.

It is rare to find someone these days who not only has the knowledge, but is also passionate about the correct use of language. Quality editorial is a primary requirement for all our publications and it is a pleasure to come across, and work with, someone of Maureen’s calibre. She always adds enormous value to any piece of writing".

Sheenagh Levy
CEO Axius Publishing

 

"I have had the pleasure of having my work sub-edited by Maureen Miller while contributing to Sawubona magazine.

She has also been a kind and wise mentor to me since my foray into the world of freelancing.

A thorough professional with a range of skills, she is the epitome of excellence."

Beth Cooper
Freelance writer

 

"Maureen is a willing and hard worker who gives her all to provide a top-class service to her clients."

Daphne Burger
Owner, Lexinfo

"I have hired Maureen to do editing work and value her professional services and good on-the-job communication.

Highly recommended."

Sharon Davis
Freelance writer

"Maureen is one of those fabulous editors who are able to fix copy with tact and objectivity.

She has a supportive non-judgemental personality and sports a decidedly positive approach to life.

I can recommend Maureen without reservation."

Tess Fairweather
Joint owner at DogTail Inc

"Maureen’s attention to detail when proofreading our stories and articles is  absolutely refreshing. She also thinks 'laterally', which adds enormous value since I can count on her to point out inaccuracies or misleading paragraphs that otherwise would have gone unnoticed. I love her honesty and transparency and she’s not shy to tell me when her working hours stop – I respect that! Her word is her bond and she has never disappointed me on delivering her work within the time frame promised and at the quality standards which exceed my expectations."


Roland Hein
MD, Performance Enhancement & Rewards

"Maureen has been the sub-editor of Sawubona magazine since May 2007. She is an extremely valuable and dedicated part of a small team that ensures the magazine’s consistency and quality. Her “beady” eye, attention to detail and technical editing skills are unmatched.

She is a pleasure to work with and her reliability and willingness to do more than is required of her ensures the smooth flow of a magazine with tight monthly deadlines."

Mario d’Offizi
Assistant Editor, Sawubona

The Reader



Published in 1995, The Reader by German Bernhard Schlink is a Holocaust novel that draws on the inability of today’s youth, German and otherwise, to fully appreciate the horrors of the war years and to understand the responsibility 20 years later for the deaths of many people.

The story is told by Michael Berg, 15 years old at the start of the story, who is looked after by Hanna Schmitz when he becomes ill.

He visits her to say thank you, and is immediately attracted to her after she allows him to see her dressing. She seduces him and they embark on a torrid affair, during which he falls deeply in love with her and reads to her many times at her request. After a time of abuse of Michael, Hanna suddenly disappears, but he cannot forget her, and finds relationships with other women difficult throughout his life.

Eight years later he is a law student attending a war crimes trial, where he recognises Hanna as one of the accused, and is devastated by his realisation of her guilt as an SS guard at Auschwitz. He perceives that he holds information that could reduce her sentence, but cannot bring himself to convey this information to the authorities and allows her to bear the responsibility for an act in which others participated, but from which they are exonerated when she is found guilty.

The theme of this novel deals with how future generations have difficulty in understanding and condemning the reality of the Holocaust. The story is told with empathy, if not sympathy, and for me, Hanna’s question to the judge, “What would you have done” summarised the complexity of guilt and responsibility in a war situation.

This is a disturbing book, but one which I couldn’t put down.
The Reader was filmed in 2008; a film well worth seeing, and which remained true to the book in all detail.

 

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