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May 6, 2021 Did You Know ? / Language / Words

Spoonerisms

A “spoonerism” is a slip of the tongue where the speaker inadvertently swaps the consonants or vowels in a phrase.

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March 24, 2021 From The Editor's Desk / Grammar / Language / Words

Typos and other reasons to double check everything

“We take in sensory information and combine it with what we expect, and we extract meaning . . . When

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October 2, 2017 From The Editor's Desk

“The Appointment”: A Comic Strip

Comic courtesy of cartoonist Tom Gauld Find Tom Gauld on Twitter : https://twitter.com/tomgauld Tom Gauld is a Cartoonist and Illustrator of

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October 10, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Infographic / Science

Infographic: Science behind writing drunk and editing sober

Thanks to our editing friends in Australia, The Expert Editor, for this infographic. In this interesting article from The Guardian,

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March 8, 2015 In the News

Language and Grammar in the News… Week of March 8, 2015

I’m trying something new and different for the blog.  I’ve been fascinated by some stories that are coming through the

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