This crime-stopping poster spotted on a station platform could mark a new low in advertising
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Starting sentences with ‘And’, ‘But’ and ‘So’: the definitive answer
We nail this oft-asked question once and for all, for the benefit of businesses everywhere.
One way to make web writing work better
Monday Note’s layout has lessons to teach us all about how to make online writing compelling.
Unprintable WWF file format could backfire
Why stop at a WWF file extension? The possibilities are endless…
Write badly, lose money
Do cuts to arts courses prove you can only write so much nonsense before the bullshit bites back?
Add this up
The Telegraph reports that “two teenage youths and a 16-year-old girl” have been involved in a car accident. Am I missing something – or doesn’t that make three teenage youths? Perhaps the word ‘youth’ now refer exclusively to males in the Telegraph’s world. And youths or teenagers, would suffice, surely?
The ‘dark matter’ of new words to be uncovered
Neglected new words to be captured in Harvard’s digital ‘fossil record’
Really bored of the Plain English campaign now
One person’s Plain is another person’s dogma.