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, 1 January 2015

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 160

Beginning the year as we mean to go on with this mangle, spotted by Des Pond of Slough, who comments: ‘I wonder just how thrilled she is…’

Source: BBC homepage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/), 31 December, 2014

The caption in the box above also seems to be missing some vital punctuation…
Dam Joan Collins

Mangling English: an occasional rant

Thursday, 1 January 2015

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 160

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