Search

Menu
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Sales Enquiries

Category: Writing

  • Writing

Creative language of beauty products

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 13, 2015January 3, 2015

The beauty product and cosmetics industry is big and very lucrative. They are not allowed…

Read More
  • Writing

Using contractions in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 17, 2014October 17, 2014

Contractions in writing are a bit of a minefield for non-native speakers of English. When…

Read More
  • Writing

Capitalisation

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 2, 2014September 14, 2014

Capitalisation is difficult for Swedish speakers of English because Swedish does not often capitalise words. There…

Read More
  • Writing

Writing Skills

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 29, 2014September 10, 2014

Because of my background in the journalism field I love teaching writing and am lucky…

Read More
  • Writing

five.sentences.es

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 4, 2014April 26, 2014

The Problem E-mail takes too long to respond to, resulting in continuous inbox overflow for…

Read More
  • Funnies
  • Image

The Comma Sutra – a.k.a when commas fall in love

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 28, 2014April 26, 2014
Read More
  • Online Resources

Text speak translator

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 25, 2014April 26, 2014

If you battle with txtspk then this translator may be ideal for you. Even theses…

Read More
  • Writing

Irritating Phrases in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 8, 2014March 31, 2014

whatever 24/7 at the end of the day like you know it’s not rocket science

Read More
  • Sweden

Numbers – false friends between Swedish and English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 6, 2014March 31, 2014

  There are often incorrect translations from Swedish into English so beware: Svenska: 1.000.000 –…

Read More
  • Writing

The importance of correct punctuation

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 5, 2014March 31, 2014

Remember punctuation! Proofread or ask someone else to look at important documents before publishing or sending

Read More

Posts pagination

Previous Page Page 1 … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next Page

Follow Janet Carr @ This Bug's Life via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,809 other subscribers

Top Posts & Pages

  • Differences between Turquoise, Teal and Aqua
    Differences between Turquoise, Teal and Aqua
  • Katy Sagal's wardrobe in Sons of Anarchy
    Katy Sagal's wardrobe in Sons of Anarchy
  • Quietly by Becky Hemsley
    Quietly by Becky Hemsley
  • Dolosse - a South African invention used over the world
    Dolosse - a South African invention used over the world
  • A day
    A day
  • Apartheid-era identity numbers in South Africa
    Apartheid-era identity numbers in South Africa
  • Classical Art Memes
    Classical Art Memes
  • The Goliath Birdeater
    The Goliath Birdeater
  • The differences between Cane Corsos and Boerboels
    The differences between Cane Corsos and Boerboels
  • Sanpaku eyes
    Sanpaku eyes

Janet Carr @ This Bug’s Life: recent posts

  • Sad commentary on life today
  • Smile
  • A day
  • Classical Art Memes
  • BUBS concept store in Stockholm
  • Gisou Honey Gloss Ceramide Therapy
  • Umberto Giannini Curl Jelly mini set
  • My current reading pile
  • Nzou the buffalant
  • A Day
  • Classical Art Memes
  • Words of Wisdom
  • Gorgeous hair clips
  • Smile
  • Cats being cats
  • A Day
  • I don’t miss serial ports!
  • Classical Art Memes
  • Fire that PR person
  • Smile
  • Happy Star Wars Day
  • A Day
  • Levelling up!
  • Look at these amazing wildlife photographs!
  • Classical Art Memes
  • Twin Camper floral footwear
  • Crochet is having a moment
  • Spring!
  • Gorgeous Ganni handbag
  • Perspective
  • Classical Art Memes
  • To Be Read pile this week
  • Morgan x Yves Rocher handbag
  • Perspective
  • Lion superprides

Janet Carr @ This Bug's Life: Categories

About English Animals Art, Books, Poetry, Movies, Television and Music Articles Beauty Products Bookbinding Booklets Books British vs. American English Culture Design Diaries and Journals Diplomacy and being polite False Friends Fashion Filofaxes and other ring organisers Filofax of the Day (FOTD) Filofax Project Filofax Spotted in the Wild For Sale Frog of the Day Funnies Grammar Guest Posts Handbag of the Day (HOTD) Handbags Hobonichi Idioms In praise of Jewellery Journalism Learning English Lego Midori and other Traveler's Notebooks Movies Notebooks Online Resources Pens Personal Pronunciation Puzzles Reading S African Boerboels Sales Scented Candles Signs Slang Southern Africa Spelling Stationery Stationery, Notebooks and Organisers Sweden Swenglish Tattoos Teaching Television and Music The EU Uncategorized Vocabulary Weight Loss What's in my bag Words Words of Wisdom Writing

Janet Carr @ This Bug’s Life Archives

This Bug’s Life

This Bug’s Life

RSS Posts

  • A day May 13, 2026
    Concrete savanna Beautiful spring flowers. It felt like this would never arrive, and now it…
    Janet Carr
  • Classical Art Memes May 13, 2026
     
    Janet Carr
  • BUBS concept store in Stockholm May 12, 2026
      BUBS is a Swedish candy brand that suddenly went viral internationally (the power of…
    Janet Carr
  • Gisou Honey Gloss Ceramide Therapy May 12, 2026
    Gisou is a very hyped brand at the moment, but I love honey so I…
    Janet Carr
  • Umberto Giannini Curl Jelly mini set May 11, 2026
    When I worked a lot in the UK, I used to stock up on Umberto…
    Janet Carr
  • My current reading pile May 11, 2026
    I have read Marie Jungstedt in Swedish, but this the first time in English. I…
    Janet Carr
  • Nzou the buffalant May 10, 2026
    Nzou is a female African elephant living at the Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservation park…
    Janet Carr
  • A Day May 10, 2026
    This striking arrangement lives in one of the rooms in which I teach. This photograph…
    Janet Carr
  • Classical Art Memes May 9, 2026
    Janet Carr
  • Words of Wisdom May 9, 2026
    givers must set boundaries, because takers never do those who marry for money usually earn…
    Janet Carr
Powered by WordPress.com.
×
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Arcane.

Loading Comments...