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).

Sunday 6 April 2014

Not Washed or Cooked, # 126

This has been in the stack since last October. The Guardian has since corrected the page by removing the whole sentence.

Link: Guardian, ‘London free school headteacher with no teaching qualifications quits’, 9 October 2013

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Mangling English: an occasional rant

Sunday 6 April 2014

Not Washed or Cooked, # 126

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