This week an unfortunate headline has been making people laugh. Hyphens and dashes help avoid confusion and embarrassment, and make…
Last week Barrack Obama’s handwritten romantic letters to his former girlfriend Alexandra McNair were released. The letters show Obama was a…
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What’s the best way to close an email? Rob Temple’s Very British Problems book has two pages exposing the hidden meanings…
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Reading corporate writing is painful. It’s troublesome for anyone to read certain words and phrases that we hope the writer…
When to use apostrophes Apostrophe mistakes are always unacceptable. That’s because they change the meaning of your words. It’s the…
On Friday Ryanair announced it was cancelling 50 flights per day “to improve its system-wide punctuality”. This disrupts passengers already…