Tag: language
- 10th November 2011
“Kills bacteria as well as the leading competition”
If ever a single book made the case for every business to hire decent copywriters, it’s this one – Empty When Half Full
- 30th August 2011
Why I love slang and hate jargon
Do you know the real difference between slang and jargon? It’s not about street talk versus tech speak – it’s about humanity.
- 23rd January 2010
Written English: the top 10 modern mistakes
If you’ve dropped by here before, you’ll know that I don’t mind monkeying around with the so-called ‘rules’ of language. When I want to start a sentence with ‘and’ or ‘but’ or any other conjunction, then I will. And often. But only if it works for the reader. Good, lively prose is far more desirable [...]
- 24th October 2009
The Queen’s English Society spells death for language
Have you seen this article in the Daily Telegraph? It’s about some ‘research’ done by a bloke called Bernard Lamb, Emeritus Reader in Genetics at Imperial College London and President of the Queen’s English Society. According to Dr Lamb, British undergraduates have a poorer grasp of written English than overseas students from China, Singapore, India [...]
