Spotted: a classic so-called “Greengrocer’s Apostrophe”. Don’t try this at home kids!
The Joy of English
Is this an Apple iChair?
Make that “every day”.
The word @twitter as it appears in my 1773 edition of Johnson’s Dictionary.
Did you know that “etc.” used to be written as “&c.”? I certainly didn’t. I found this in a book from 1935, from OUP.
Few people know or appreciate fully that all fonts are actually created and designed by someone. They are easy to take for granted.
Most spelling reforms fail because one person’s logical new spelling is not the next person’s logical spelling.
What is the plural of thesaurus? Some say “thesauri” and others say “thesauruses”.
Punctuation exists to help you convey your words as you intend. Make this: “Next stop, lunch.”
Make that “3 months’ free TV”.
Use italic type for expressive emphasis, i.e. “you CAN indulge in”. However, don’t overuse it. Here, “PAY DAY” is not really what they are, indeed, attempting to emphasise.
British English uses -re spellings because the system came into English from French. Americans use -er spellings because they prefer the Latin origin.
British English uses s-spellings because the system came into English from French. Americans prefer z-spellings because they prefer the Latin origin.
Make that “3-day home deals”.
Wanted: torturer, level 1. (Spoof advert spotted in the weekend paper.)
