Tag Archives: Guardian

Is different from really correct?

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Ingrid Tieken

The reference is to the title of an article from 1 January 2022 on the Guardian online, by subeditor Susan McDonald. With an amazing 4194 comments in three days, the opportunity to add another one is now unfortunately closed. I … Continue reading →

Posted in news, usage features | Tagged different from, Guardian, Susan McDonald, who vs. whom | 1 Comment

Want to write like a spy?

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Ingrid Tieken

It appears that even the CIA has a style guide. A secret one no less, one that got leaked moreover, according to The Guardian Online yesterday. The Guardian article tells us that the style guide includes well-known “old chestnuts” like uninterested/disinterested, … Continue reading →

Posted in news, usage features, usage guide | Tagged CIA, dangling participle, Guardian, hopefully, split inifinitive, uninterested/disinterested | 4 Comments

New grammar tests in English schools

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ingrid Tieken

Marilyn Hedges, one of the readers of this blog, asked me to post the following: Formal grammar teaching in English schools stopped in the 1960s, as Anya Luscombe mentioned in her recent talk in Leiden. It seems as if the … Continue reading →

Posted in news | Tagged grammar tests in schools, Guardian, spelling tests in schools, Telegraph | 1 Comment

Mind Your Language

Posted on November 16, 2011 by BtU Admin

Mind Your Language is a fantastic blog run by The Guardian on usage problems, the use of style guides and many related matters. Particularly the entries by David Marsh are well worth reading. Among the usage items dealt with we find: … Continue reading →