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Month: May 2019

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‘Gaol’ or ‘jail’? I know which one I prefer…

May 24, 2019June 17, 2019 Della

A friend asked my opinion on the spelling of ‘gaol’ rather than ‘jail’. She said her teacher at school went ballistic if anyone spelt the word ‘jail’. Now we all […]

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Choomuhrik? Really, Jamie?

May 16, 2019June 8, 2019 Della

Don’t get me wrong, I love Jamie Oliver. Not just for his recipes. For how great he is, especially for his campaign to improve the quality of school dinners in […]

grammar

‘Less chairs’ or ‘fewer chairs’?

May 10, 2019June 8, 2019 Della

A couple of people have asked me what I think about the use of ‘less’ when – according to them – it should be ‘fewer’. For example, if someone says […]

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‘Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance’ – Johnson (Samuel, not Boris)

May 1, 2019June 8, 2019 Della

Samuel Johnson, renowned man of letters in the eighteenth century, wrote, almost single-handed, the first great reliable dictionary of English.  It was published in 1755 by a consortium of printers, […]

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Recent Posts

  • ‘They were friends of Antony and I.’ Ouch!
  • Is ‘you’re’ in the sign right or wrong? Or ‘Apostrophes and how to use them’
  • ‘Gaol’ or ‘jail’? I know which one I prefer…
  • Choomuhrik? Really, Jamie?
  • ‘Less chairs’ or ‘fewer chairs’?

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