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, 17 January 2016

Double-take, # 210

Here, complete with superfluity, are the opening paragraphs of a recent report in The Times:

Source: The Times (8 January, 2016), p. 17, and online

Patricia Leask […] “got in a few good scratches on his face” although she damaged her own nails in the process.

Mangling English: an occasional rant

Sunday, 17 January 2016

Double-take, # 210

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