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).

Tuesday 9 December 2014

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 66

Here, on Mangling English’s birthday, a double-whammy apostrophe catastrophe —


Source: The Rugby Register, North & Villages edition, December 2014, p. 14, and online. Cf. South and Central edition, p. 29, and online

— is supported by a failure to hyphenate ‘lead-up’ and some question-mark overkill. Pictured is the face of the mangle-spotter on spotting the mangles.

tip‘s; lead up; ???

Mangling English: an occasional rant

Tuesday 9 December 2014

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 66

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