When I posted my concern about the Corporation’s plan to build structures on Elliot’s beach, I was advised by “knowledgeable” people to look at the plans carefully before passing judgment. Now we all know what’s likely to happen to our ...
Richard is an Englishman. He lives in Yorkshire, but you could say he lives in a wheelchair. He is tetraplegic, having been paralysed neck down in a diving accident. He has this electronic, all-terrain wheelchair that looks like a small ...
I found the following sentences in a rediff.com article. I think the website invited readers to submit sentences with bloopers. So, take this quiz. Here is a clue. All these sentences are wrong, that is, have at least one error in them. ...
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie met when they were in Cambridge. They thought they could do a comedy act together. They both write and act and decided to put together programmes - double acts - on radio and British television. ...
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie met when they were in Cambridge. They thought they could do a comedy act together. They both write and act and decided to put together programmes - double acts - on radio and British television. ...
I believe in writing in a conversational style. I’ll be the first to admit the style you choose should be appropriate to the topic you are writing on, but there is no reason why you should not make it easy to read. ...
You may have great ideas and may have collected fine phrases to express them in, but if you fail to avoid grammatical errors, you put off your readers. You really can’t expect all your readers to be grammar duds, can you? ...
My first, not-too-well-considered response is “readabilityâ€. By that I mean, a choice of words and phrases that would make the sentences clear to you. Want an example of a sentence that is “unreadableâ€? ...
This is just a recap of why you cannot write: The court order says you cannot fire crackers between 10 pm to (and) 6 am. “Between†shows a more or less middle position. To be in the middle or thereabouts, you need boundary markers. ...
It’s time we decided whether we want to speak (and write) grammatically correct English or not. To do that we need to doubt ourselves. My Prof would say, “Only two kinds of students have zero doubts. Those who have studied thoroughly ...
Watson’s book says, “It is for people who have silently wept into a crumpled copy of their company’s mission statement, for teachers who want to work in classrooms and not customer service points, and for all those who have been ...
Dan Watson, an Australian author is fed up with “managerial jargonâ€. “It’s time to protest the mind-numbing business jargon that infests our schools, churches and political speech,†he said. Launching a crusade against this “public ...
Friend BNB has come up with a wonderful idea to get through meetings and conferences where speakers specialise in IT lingo. He plays a game. Check it out at http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/ ...
From time to time, individuals and organisations bubble up asking for “simple†English. Though it is difficult to define “simple†English, these enthusiasts give us examples to show what is not. According to “language simplifiersâ€, ...
A web site carried this story. The rave party bust by the Pune police on the Holi weekend is the biggest of its kind so far. In attendance were the young and restless from all spectrums of life. Models, air-hostesses, IT employees, ...
This has been on my blog fodder list for a while, and here’s the reason why. Chidanand Rajghatta, a favourite newswriter, recently did a story on which was the hotter chilly - Assam’s little known Naga Jalokia or California’s reigning ...
