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Everyday or every day?
I’ll try not to make your head hurt with this one. In last weekend’s Sunday Times magazine, Colgate ran a full-page ad claiming that its ‘Sensitive Pro-Relief’ product offers: … more →
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The semicolon and certain words
Deborah wrote 5 days ago: This is just some easy stuff to add to your growing knowledge about semicolons. A semicolon must alw … more →
The workhorse semicolon - lists
Deborah wrote 1 week ago: If you want your writing to be crystal clear, the semicolon is an indispensable tool. A sentence li … more →
The apostrophe and decades
Deborah wrote 1 week ago: Most of the time when you’re talking about decades, for example, the 1980s, 1970s or 1960s etc … more →
And God saw that it was good
Deborah wrote 1 week ago: Can you start sentences with ‘And’? Yes. And you can also start sentences with ‘Bu … more →
The possessive apostrophe. Part 4 - acronyms
Deborah wrote 1 week ago: If you need some basic information about the possessive apostrophe, go to: The possessive apostrophe … more →
The beautiful semicolon
Deborah wrote 2 weeks ago: The semicolon is a beautiful punctuation mark but we’ve grown a little afraid of it. Grammatical Lud … more →
Everyday or every day?
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Deborah wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ll try not to make your head hurt with this one. In last weekend’s Sunday Times magazi … more →
To correct or not to correct?
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Deborah wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s an interesting moral dilemma. Should online newspapers correct the grammar and spelling … more →
The possessive apostrophe. Part 2 - Charles' crown or Charles's crown?
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Deborah wrote 2 weeks ago: If you need some basic information about the possessive apostrophe, go to: The possessive apostrophe … more →
Its, it's or ... its'??
Deborah wrote 2 weeks ago: “Its’” (with the apostrophe after the ’s’) is never right. Never. Ever … more →
Singular or plural?
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Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: Singular words and phrases No, I don’t mean remarkable or extraordinary words. I mean words and phr … more →
Incent? INCENT??
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Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: Now I like a good neologism (definition below) as much as the next person – especially compute … more →
It's - not its
Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: The moral of the day, Wordwatchers, is don’t assume that the clever people who write and edit … more →
Ladies first? Not often
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Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: Look at this (just spotted in a local rag – but you’ll see similar stuff everywhere): … more →
Rogue apostrophe at the BBC
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Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: The bods at the BBC really should know better. Here’s the headline currently at the bottom of … more →
The Children's apostrophe
Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s a double whammy - a notice in a bookshop (of all places) aimed at children (of all people … more →
The possessive apostrophe. Part 1 - the basics
Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: The possessive apostrophe is the little squiggle (’) that shows someone or something belongs to some … more →
More chocolate, less grammar
Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: Green & Black’s chocolate. Yum. If you don’t want to take out a mortgage to buy some … more →
A taxi driver's strange hobby?
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Deborah wrote 4 weeks ago: I just dropped my husband off at the railway station and clocked one of those posh people-carrying t … more →
