Every single day I see the following errors in English: Stationery, as in paper and office supplies, spelled stationary, which means not moving. Correct usage: I bought some stationery today Discreet, as in cautious, careful, spelled discrete, which means separate or individually… Read More ›
My tip? Invest in a spellchecker!
Auto Correct drives me crazy. It makes me so frustrated every single day. I have written about it before here. So it was really nice to laugh until I cried at the following examples which are worse than I have… Read More ›
You often hear of people wanting something written in Gaelic or Chinese or Hebrew, and getting something like the the local Chinese Takeaway menu on their arm or, a misspelled word. David Beckham’s Sanskrit ‘Victoria’ tattoo (above) allegedly spells ‘Vihctoria’… Read More ›
Nowadays spelling does not have to be a problem. We have spellchecking programmes, online dictionaries such as Onelook and Tyda. We have Google Translate and Google itself to help us. But some more tips could be if you know you… Read More ›
