Although it is not certain who was the first to describe the USA and the UK as ‘two countries divided by a common language’, there is no doubt they were right when it came to spelling. The many subtle differences…
Managed proofreading and copy-editing services based in the UK
Blog Archives
Consistency
This is something I find myself repeating day in, day out: The key is consistency. There are plenty of rules that must be followed in writing, but, at the same time, there are different styles that can be adopted but…
Tagged with: capitalisation, consistency, decision, find and replace, format, headings, punctuation, spelling, style
Posted in Capitalisation, Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation, Spelling, Style
Posted in Capitalisation, Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation, Spelling, Style
English Spelling: ‘absolutely, unspeakably awful’?
We all know that English spelling is difficult to master. The fact that English spelling is tricky, or even, in some people’s opinion ‘absolutely, unspeakably awful’ (Masha Bell, Literacy Researcher) has at least one benefit – it means that there’s…