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Makes you think

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 29, 2024September 1, 2024

Regarding the double v or double u for w, Swedish uses dubbel v, and the…

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The Daily Fail is at it again…can you spot them?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 23, 2024August 18, 2024

The scariest thing is that all of these appeared within a couple of days. I…

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Common spelling and grammar errors found on the internet

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 14, 2024January 1, 2024

It’s the teacher/proofreader in me I guess but these are the most common errors I…

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Spelling howlers

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  • Posted on March 8, 2023February 28, 2023

 

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Another Fail from the Daily Mail – these are journalists?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 27, 2022October 24, 2022

When I trained as a journalist there were subeditors and fact-checkers who would never have…

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Swindon Borough Council needs grammar lessons

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 14, 2022November 12, 2022

This bench plaque is atrocious.

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Whoops! Can you spot it?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on July 2, 2022June 12, 2022

I guess these kinds of oopsies can happen to anyone. But it is not good…

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Oh Daily Mail, you don’t even try

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 14, 2022May 22, 2022

 

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Oh Elle magazine, your English is normally so good…

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 20, 2022March 11, 2022

…but I do agree about Pineider!

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Why English is hard to learn

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 28, 2022February 24, 2022
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