Books on language for writers, proofreaders, translators and editors
One of the reasons I work with words is that language is endlessly fascinating. From my degree in French to the podcasts I listen to […]
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Podcasts for language nerds
I’m unapologetically addicted to podcasts. I listen to them constantly and have made several of my own (with a potential new one in the pipeline), […]
Continue reading »This is why punctuation is important
An unfortunate video from BBC News demonstrates the importance of full stops. Need a proofreader?
Continue reading »Keyword Stuffing, Video Style
Thanks to this post from Convince and Convert, I’ve discovered a video that made me laugh like a drain. If you ever wondered what the outdated […]
Continue reading »Yorkshire regional accents
Having grown up in Lancashire, then moved to Yorkshire at 18, my accent is a strange mixture of both sides of the north, often combined […]
Continue reading »James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
I love linguistic quirks, so when my friend AJ posted about this sentence on Facebook, I had to investigate. It turns out that, “James while […]
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