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Affect or effect?

Deborah wrote 5 hours ago: Welcome to ‘Commonly confused and just plain wrong’ – a brand new feature on Wordwatch. Look o … more →

Tags: 3. Commonly confused and just plain wrong, affect or effect, spelling, Writing Guide

i before e?

Deborah wrote 1 day ago: Spotted on the front page of the online Telegraph newspaper today: “Mass cover-up of sexual abuse by … more →

Tags: 1. Wordwatching, Good English, Grammar, i before e, spelling

The possessive apostrophe. Part 4 - acronyms

Deborah wrote 6 days ago: If you need some basic information about the possessive apostrophe, go to: The possessive apostrophe … more →

Tags: 2. Plain and simple - good writing guide, Apostrophes, apostrophes and acronyms, good grammar, Grammar, grammar guide, possessive apostrophe, possessive apostrophes, <punctuation>

Everyday or every day?2 comments

Deborah wrote 1 week ago: I’ll try not to make your head hurt with this one. In last weekend’s Sunday Times magazi … more →

Tags: 1. Wordwatching, everyday or every day, Good English, good grammar, grammar guide, spelling, Writing Guide

The Setting - Finding The Right Airport for Rachel and Michael in California1 comment

ideagirlconsulting wrote 1 week ago: I was in a pickle. The Ontario International Airport is too far! I happened to pick that name becaus … more →

Tags: The Idea Girl Says I love Writing, the idea girl says, idea girl consulting, writing, Manuscripts, linda randall, rachel tornquist, cote de casa, the setting finding the right airport for rachel and mi

The end is nigh(t)?

Deborah wrote 1 week ago: I’ve just bought a Roberts ‘pillowtalk speaker’ – you know, one of those giz … more →

Tags: 1. Wordwatching, spelling, Writing Guide, Good English, nightime or night-time

To correct or not to correct?3 comments

Deborah wrote 1 week ago: Here’s an interesting moral dilemma. Should online newspapers correct the grammar and spelling … more →

Tags: 1. Wordwatching, Grammar, Writing Guide, good grammar, Apostrophes, <punctuation>, Good English

Clik?

Deborah wrote 3 weeks ago: 2 November 2009 So. I’ve just bought a Dyson vacuum cleaner. Sorry, cyclone cleaner. The instruction … more →

Tags: 1. Wordwatching, spelling, click or clik

Do women have the brainpower to be writers?

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Do women have the brainpower to be writers, editors, or proofreaders? Yahoo! Shine asks an important … more →

Tags: misspellings, misspelling, Funny Misspellings, spelling mistakes, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine

Is this the height of avant-garde writing?

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Has the writer on Yahoo! Shine entered into another dimension of communication, an avant-garde world … more →

Tags: misspellings, capitalizing, misspelling, capitalization, Funny Misspellings, bad spelling, spelling mistakes, Yahoo, yahoo shine

Expressing emotions through art therapy

realstorm2009 wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes you have problems and you have difficulty to formulate verbally. There is nothing surprisi … more →

Tags: Work, Way, Art, art therapist, Art Therapy, blank sheet, drawing + painting, Evils, latter case

Expressing emotions through art therapy

ornamentspace wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes you have problems and you have difficulty to formulate verbally. There is nothing surprisi … more →

Tags: Therapy, Way, Art, art therapist, Art Therapy, blank sheet, drawing + painting, Evils, latter case

If you can't be right, at least be consistent

Laura wrote 1 month ago: If you can’t be right, at least be consistent. That seems to be the motto of the writer of thi … more →

Tags: capitalizing, Confused Words, contractions, pronouns, whose/who's, Wrong Words, Adverb, bad grammar, bad spelling

Hyperventilating over one mistake

Laura wrote 1 month ago: The writer of Yahoo! Music’s “Reality Rocks” makes a come mistake by doubling the … more →

Tags: misspellings, misspelling, yahoo music, incorrect spelling, spelling mistakes, Yahoo, Reality Rocks, hyperventilating, Hyperventilate

Letter to the bf with the Fantasy Football League

badbui wrote 2 months ago: My dearest Mark, Firstly darling, I’d like to apologize for calling you and your loser fantasy … more →

Tags: Letters to the Boyfriend, Fantasy Football, Football, Gripes, Lame

Demetri Martin is Elliot Teichberg

Laura wrote 2 months ago: It’s not Demitri Martin.  Yahoo! Movies gets the name wrong and omits a word: And it’s n … more →

Tags: misspellings, Missing words, missing word, misspelling, spelling, bad spelling, misspelled celebrities, spelling mistakes, Yahoo

The real weird news of the week2 comments

Laura wrote 2 months ago: The self-proclaimed “Blog of the #1 News Site” from Yahoo! News presents its “Week … more →

Tags: misspellings, Confused Words, Wrong Words, everyday/every day, everyday, misspelling, Commonly confused words, wrong word, Every Day

Khloe Kardashian: Suffering from dissociation?

Laura wrote 3 months ago: Is Kourtney and Kim’s sister suffering from K-hole, a result of high doses of ketamine resulti … more →

Tags: misspellings, misspelling, spelling, incorrect spelling, misspelled celebrities, spelling mistakes, Yahoo! TV, Yahoo, Khloe Kardashian

Nancy Snyderman and a reader's wish

Laura wrote 3 months ago: If you’re interviewing a TV celebrity like Nancy Snyderman, wouldn’t you take extra care … more →

Tags: misspellings, Department of Redundancy Dept., <punctuation>, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, commas, Semicolons, Unnecessary Words


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