October 2009
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And that's the spelling mishaps, not to mention the Needless Capitalisation, for now.
There’re?
A colleague has just asked me if it is correct to contract “there are” in the phrase “if there are any questions”. His phonetic instinct was to use “there’s” but he correctly deduced that this was a contraction of “there is” and wouldn’t match the plural object. ...
STOR! In the Name of Love
Reasons Why Regional Newspapers Must Never Die, Vol. 1: This heartwarming tale of youth power from the Manchester Evening News... Schoolboy spots street sign blunder A SCHOOLBOY fears spelling is on the road to ruin after a street sign blunder. Adam Gant, 11, spotted the embarrassing mistake in large letters as he walked ...
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