With the help of the debt charity StepChange, Alinah and Leo were able to stop the nuisance calls (under Financial Conduct Authority guidelines, creditors are allowed to keep asking debtors for payment, but not to contact them at unreasonable times, or to use threats or unhelpful legal language).
Some were unclear about the role of the GMC and felt that GMC communication was unhelpful, particularly the language used in correspondence.
Encouraging objectivity and a degree of flexibility regarding "good scientific English style" may reduce the amount of unhelpful feedback about language and writing.
The vagueness of this language was unhelpful.
The second way the language is unhelpful is the free pass it delivers to governments.
The DWP's language was unhelpful and appeared to be getting worse, according to Helen Barnard, policy manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Her comments provoked a strong reaction from Cox, who "bellowed from the other end of the table" that such language was unhelpful, forcing the prime minister to intervene.
"I think the hard, soft Brexit language is unhelpful, and what we should be talking about is whether we have an 'open' or 'closed' Brexit," he said on the sidelines of a press conference on Thursday.
"Easy read" titles which sit alongside pictures with simple language, were unhelpful and children's picture books don't deal with "adult feelings".
I fully respect those who disagree, but some of the language is truly unhelpful.
