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THE prime reason we write is to communicate with others. This applies whether it be with one other person or with the masses devouring the
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THE prime reason we write is to communicate with others. This applies whether it be with one other person or with the masses devouring the
WHAT is it about proofreading and editing that academics find so hard to understand? Yet again a university student has requested my help in preparing
The lexicographers are working overtime. New words are being coined, reviewed and added to dictionaries worldwide almost daily. It seems there’s nothing like disasters and
It was only a few days ago that I suggested many of the words and phrases that have already become lingua franca during the recent
WHAT is it about apostrophes that is so difficult to understand? Yes, I am well aware it’s a question that has been asked hundreds of
You’ve gotta love what the Aussies can do to the English language. No time was wasted Down Under in adapting linguistically to the present crisis.
Writing a blog used to be a simple, time-efficient task. That is, until WordPress decided to “improve” things. And, as so often happens when such
Now, I want to make myself perfectly clear … There must be no misunderstanding … Make no mistake about this … Blah, blah, blah. Such
Another challenging editing job has reached its successful conclusion, and one of which I am especially proud. It was a long time in the overall process
There are days when this already enjoyable job provides additional pleasure. Such as today with my ongoing mentoring of a writer’s work in progress and
The question for today (and unfortunately almost every working day) is: how can a person progress through the education system to degree level and beyond
Oh the terrible things the bureaucrats and politicians do to the English language. They are now talking of “enhanced interrogation”. Which is what the rest