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…
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Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 214
Dr Faustus recently found this mangle on the application form for the graduate trainee scheme of The Financial Times. He comments: ‘Can’t believe the FT can’t proofread...’ It has to be said that the syntax isn’t prime quality either:
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