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Copywriters – the new superheroes

July 9, 2018 By Ellen 2 Comments

How copywriters and editors can foil the scammers Wouldn’t it be marvellous if there was a stealthy punctuation expert zipping around removing unnecessary apostrophes and commas? Wherever someone got a their, they’re or there confused, Grammar Guy/Girl (delete as applicable) (GG for short) would leap into action. Oh, my. It would be wonderful. GG would […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, words, work, work life balance, working mum Tagged With: copywriting, editing, grammar, phishing, punctuation, scammers, work

Stop talking rubbish and mangling our language

May 9, 2016 By Ellen 7 Comments

River Clyde at dusk

If you’re not careful, there’s potench for murder It’s funny how they say that the red mist descends. In my case, it rises, boiling up from the pit of somewhere dark until everything is fury. This week it was a chirpy PR person’s query about whether or not the thing he had just sent me […]

Filed Under: language, other things I have learned, rant Tagged With: grammar, humour, in my life, language, on my mind, rant, things I've learned

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