A Russell Group university offering a mangled service to its graduands/graduates and their guests during graduation week:
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).
Showing posts with label University of Warwick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Warwick. Show all posts
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Double-take, # 157
The University of Warwick has decided that its TeachHigher initiative is not a good idea after all. Here is the opening sentence of its announcement to that effect, published yesterday:
the subject of the conditions and pay for postgraduates who teach has been the subject of significant debate
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 20
Warwick University's student newspaper The Boar misplaced its spellchecker some time ago, and it still seems to be missing:
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