Monthly Archives: April 2014
That or which: what’s the difference?
Susan Pierotti, Creative Text Solutions No matter what we write – a report, a blog, a complaint letter – the computer program will intervene to ‘correct’ things, unless you switch it off. One of the inbuilt adjustments to text is a wiggly green line appearing under the word ‘which’. Do you could ignore it and […]
Bad Spelling Catches Thieves
Susan Pierotti, Creative Text Solutions If only these three people had paid more attention to their English teacher! Their faulty spelling was a major factor in identifying their fraud. This link will illustrate why correct spelling is important. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1474422/spelling-was-wrong-bogus-bank-documents-face-value-hk90b
Don’t hate: punctuate!
Susan Pierotti, Creative Text Solutions The comma is a very useful device. It can provide a breathing space in a long sentence, it can break up a list into bite-size chunks, and it can change the meaning of text altogether. Here is a tale by Alec Torres of an amusing use of the comma. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/373919/proper-punctuation-taking-big-labor-alec-torres
Is the apostrophe an endangered species?
Susan Pierotti, Creative Text Solutions A teenager died earlier this year as a result of a single apostrophe! The ambulance officers in the English city of Cambridge speeding to her rescue were given the wrong address as the emergency service’s software was unable to cope with punctuation. They arrived half an hour too late to […]
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