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Dear email,
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No, no, no! Don’t be so negative! I say that a lot to people (because they are). Still, one does need to know how to negate properly. “None”? “Not any”? “Not at all”? Just plain “no”? Below, we give you a primer on how to negate (but not how to be negative).
We also introduce you to two public servants, one in my hometown (which, unless you’re new to this newsletter, you already know is NYC), and the other in Ecuador. Both, in their own ways, are reformists – fighting corruption and injustice and standing up for the little guy. I like that. Takes guts.
Finally, we also tell you about how one European country is leading the way with mind-bogglingly successful start-ups.
Next week, my co-host Inez Sharp will have some more entertaining stories for you from around the English-speaking world.
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Judith Gilbert
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Editor-in-chief, Business Spotlight
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negate sth.: etw. verneinen | primer: Einführung, Leitfaden | public servant: Beschäftigte(r) im öffentlichen Dienst | (it) takes guts: es braucht Mut | mind-boggling: unglaublich, verblüffend | co-host: Co-Moderator(in)
Note: Judith's editorial is written in US English.
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Word of the Week
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mankeeping
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Did you know...? The term “mankeeping” describes the work women do to support the men in their lives, including helping them through daily challenges and encouraging them to meet up with their friends. The term has been attributed to Angelica Puzio Ferrara, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, and gained traction online in 2025.
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challenge: Herausforderung | encourage sb.: jmdn. ermuntern | postdoctoral fellow: promovierte(r) wissenschaftliche(r) Mitarbeiter(in) | gain traction: Fahrt aufnehmen
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Quiz
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It’s a man’s world?
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We’ve told you where the word “mankeeping” comes from. Do you know what these phrases with the word “man” mean?
1) A “man of the cloth” is:
A) a tailor
B) a fashion designer
C) a clergyman
2) A “man about town” is:
A) a taxi driver
B) a popular male socialite
C) a local newspaper reporter
3) “Going to see a man about a dog” means:
A) you are going to adopt a pet
B) you don’t want to say where you’re going
C) you are going to be sick
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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| Answers: 1. C) (clergyman: Geistlicher); 2. B) (socialite: Lebemann, Gesellschaftslöwe); 3. B)
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Grammar
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“No”, “none” or “not … any”?
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Do you know when to use “no”, “none” or “not … any”? There are some subtle differences, and it can change how your sentence is understood.
The determiner no and the construction not … any have the same meaning. In conversation, people more often use not … any (“We haven’t got any bread” is more common than “We’ve got no bread”).
You use no...
...to make the negative more emphatic:
• We’ve got no food left at all.
...if it’s the subject of a sentence or forms a short phrase on its own:
• No buses (not: Not any buses) come to our village now. The service has been cancelled.
• What’s the time? – No idea. (not: Not any idea.)
The word none is a pronoun:
• How much petrol have we got? – Almost none. (= almost no petrol)
• None of our neighbours has ever complained about our dog. (= not a single one)
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determiner: Bestimmungswort
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© Image: Zan Lazarevic / Unsplash.com
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Politics
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The man who could make Trump tremble
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Until recently, most Americans hadn’t heard of Zohran Mamdani, but as a candidate in New York’s mayoral race (and potentially the city’s first Muslim mayor), he’s now regularly making the headlines. Read on to find out more about his plans – and why Trump doesn’t like him.
As a special gift, our newsletter subscribers can read the online version of the article for free – but only for a week!
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mayoral race: Bürgermeisterwahlkampf | make (the) headlines: Schlagzeilen machen | subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Start-ups
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The Swedish taste of success
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Do you wonder why a disproportionate number of global brands seem to come out of Sweden? Klarna, Spotify and Skype, for example, were all Swedish start-ups that became household names. Business Spotlight editor Richard Mote explains what Sweden has that others do not.
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disproportionate: unverhältnismäßig | household name: bekannter Name
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© Image: FELIX ODELL / Redux / laif
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Profile
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Diana Salazar: fighting corruption
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In early 2025, The Economist wrote that Diana Salazar might be “the bravest woman in Latin America”. Through her investigations into Ecuador’s crime gangs and corrupt officials, the 44-year-old jurist and lawyer has made some powerful enemies.
Until April 2025, Salazar was the attorney general of Ecuador, a once-peaceful country that is struggling to deal with a rise in drug trafficking and violence. The country has become an epicentre of cocaine production, and the UN reports that the murder rate increased nearly 330 per cent from 2021 to 2023, making Ecuador one of the three most violent Latin American countries, along with Venezuela and Honduras.
Between December 2023 and April 2025, Salazar and her team charged 76 people – including former politicians, judges, and police and prison officials. Of those, 44 have been jailed.
Salazar has been fearless about putting powerful people in prison. In 2016, she was involved in the FIFA corruption trial, in which the ex-president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation was arrested.
The next attorney general will have to continue the fight against corruption. Now a mother and reaching the end of her constitutional term, Salazar decided to step down earlier in 2025.
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official: Beamter/Beamtin | lawyer: Anwalt/Anwältin | attorney general: Generalstaatsanwalt/-anwältin | drug trafficking: Drogenhandel | charge sb.: Anklage gegen jmdn. erheben | jail sb.: jmdn. ins Gefängnis bringen, einsperren | trial: Gerichtsverfahren | federation: Verband | term: hier: Amtszeit | step down: zurücktreten
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© Image: picture alliance / REUTERS
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Feel good about using A.I.
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Can tax be fair? | Learning from Sweden’s start-ups | How to structure your presentations | Human resources
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Quiz
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Wales
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How much do you know about Wales? Full of castles, stunning nature and quaint villages, it’s well worth a visit. Test your knowledge in our fun quiz.
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quaint: malerisch
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© Image: Beata Mitręga / Unsplash.com
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Mitarbeit: Dennis Draber, Judith Gilbert, Susanne Krause, Nadia Lawrence, Mae McCreary, Richard Mote, Rachel Preece, Inez Sharp.
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