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).

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Multimangle, # 40

Today’s mangle of ‘appropriate’, which may be an unchecked error rather than a typographical slip, comes from a German university and brings for company some dubious syntax and grammar:

Link: CENIDE (Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen), ‘PhD project’ breadcrumb

apropirate; candidates for PhD theses which have a master’s degree; syntax

Mangling English: an occasional rant

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Multimangle, # 40

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