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).

Friday 4 September 2015

Not Washed or Cooked, # 250

An odd spelling error, supported by an incorrect quotation mark, from the online money-problem pages of The Guardian:

Link: The Guardian, ‘HSBC has closed my UK and expat bank accounts but refuses to say why’

bizzarely; ” for “

Mangling English: an occasional rant

Friday 4 September 2015

Not Washed or Cooked, # 250

No comments:

Post a Comment