Yearly Archives: 2015

Collective Nouns: Why does English have so many?

In our previous post earlier this month, we tackled collective nouns and whether they should be treated as singular or plural. This in turn gave rise to a more interesting question: why does English have so many different collective nouns

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Posted in Uncategorized, Vocabulary

Collective Nouns: Singular or plural?

A collective noun is a singular noun used to describe a collection of things (collection being the collective noun in that sentence, for example). Other common collective nouns include group, team, crowd, herd or family, as well as less obvious

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Posted in Grammar

What skills does a proofreader need?

Are you considering starting work as a proofreader? Wondering whether it’s the sort of work for you? Aside from a love of reading and the written word, here are some skills that we at The Proofreading Agency think are necessary

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Posted in Proofreading/copy-editing, Uncategorized

Rules for Presenting Numbers

The presentation of numbers in a document can sometimes leave a proofreader at sixes and sevens.  Even if you are not following a specific house style in your work, it can be invaluable to lay down a few rules in

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Posted in Numbers, Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation, Style