Tag Archives: The Economist

Lowth in the Economist

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Ingrid Tieken

It doesn’t happen very often that Lowth (or indeed myself!) gets a mention in The Economist! Thanks, Alison, for letting us know. (Can anyone help me find the author of the piece? I’d like to tell him/her about my new … Continue reading →

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Overused exclamation marks!!!

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Morana Lukač

In the latest issue of Intelligent Life magazine published by the Economist Group, six writers including Julian Barnes, Claire Messud, and Ali Smith discuss their favourite punctuation marks. We have addressed the topic of punctuation in a number of our … Continue reading →

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The world’s worst written sentence

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Carmen Ebner

Consider the following sentence: “Yet the nightmare cast its shroud in the guise of a contagion of a deer-in-the-headlights paralysis.” According to columnist at The Economist, the above sentence would qualify to be nominated as “the world’s worst written … Continue reading →