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).

Thursday 29 August 2013

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 81

Three examples of today’s mangle. First, a press release submitted to Reuters:

Link: ‘Global Branding d.b.a. Studione1 […]’

The second is from activities listed by the editor on the front page of issue 16 of SCIRE: Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter:

Link: SCIRE: Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter, 16 (December, 2002)

Finally, a document issued by The University of Queensland, Australia:

Link: Ageing Mind Initiative Newsletter, 10 (December, 2011)

Perhaps it’s time to dispense entirely with the aged cliché loose ends since it causes so much trouble…

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