Whose English is right? It’s rather more than just you say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to… Who decides? The native speakers? Native of where (not just the US or UK, what about Canada, or Kerala?) What happens when the native speakers go native? (Language attrition is real.) Just as everyone is a foreigner almost everywhere, ifContinue reading “Bad English?”
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First you write a sentence
When I started editing, I really needed help with the US style guides. Brits (except Scots) don’t learn the rules of our common language like Americans do. We are much more likely to make style choices because “it just feels right” and don’t really know why. The Chicago Manual of Style offers “workouts” to testContinue reading “First you write a sentence”
Writing about writing
As an academic translator and editor, I have a lot of books about writing. Here are just a few. I will be writing about some of my favourite books about writing here. Watch this space! And if you read or wrote a great book about writing, let me know.
Ridge Writing Retreats 