Mangling English: an occasional rant

Businesses that don't bother checking their websites, journalists who write gibberish and balderdash, professionals who can't take the extra time and effort to spell-check and proofread, newspapers that turn tragedy into farce through solecisms, plus the odd guide to solving common grammatical difficulties… Contributions and suggestions welcome. (… Also corrections if required, obviously!) Send to: manglingenglishATgmxDOTcom, stating your nom de mangle (if desired).

Wednesday 1 May 2013

You Cannot Be Serious, # 20

Boston University is presently running a self-promotion campaign, online ―

Link: Boston University, 'Loblolly Pine Tree' (via the 'Keep Reading' link)

― and in a rather hideously-hued print version (in last week's Times Higher Education Supplement):

The appropriate term for this strangely structured syntax may be 'breathless'. It certainly isn't 'deathless'… Are we to suppose that this reflects the preferred house style for BU students and academics?

Mangling English: an occasional rant

Wednesday 1 May 2013

You Cannot Be Serious, # 20

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