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).

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Thursday, 22 August 2013

Not Washed or Cooked, # 54

An odd way to advertise services:

Link: BestPay

Contributor Richard Bonsor’s covering comment was: ‘Not very confident in their services: “upto” is now one word. “Complaint”? I hope they are better with their mathematics.’

Saturday, 20 July 2013

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 75

The error here was spotted by Richard Bonsor:

Link: Pink News, ‘Christian Voice leader: “Tesco support for gay rights to blame for super mouse infestation”’

Richard comments: ‘“A live mice was seen running along the floor of the warehouse.” Pretty sure a dead one wouldn’t do that and I’m even more sure the singular isn’t mice.’