I am sure most of you reading this blog will have heard, or are familiar with the works, of the famous Irish playwright, poet and author, Oscar Wilde. To some he was a genius but to us at Libertad Communications he was as fallible as he was human. Below is a written quote, which might […]
Lots of things annoy me about written English and this heinous crime is probably the most irritating of them all. In fact, it bothers me so much that I feel compelled to hit things whenever I see it. It’s just an accent! In some regional accents, I totally understand that ‘should’ve’ may sound very much
Who is a word that replaces the subject pronoun (he/she/we/they). Therefore, use who when you don’t know the identity or gender of the subject of the sentence – the person performing the action of the verb. As an example: ‘Who punched Fred in the face?’ ‘Who (subject pronoun) punched (verb) Fred (object) in the face?’ If you can
There are two little words that are so often brutalised in written English that they sometimes look like characters out of Eastenders. I am considering issuing a warrant for the arrest of anyone caught abusing the words your and you’re. Why is it wrong to confuse these two words when they sound the same? Well
I have a confession to make. I suspect that I am a bit dyslexic. I have written professionally for the last twenty years and have been a published author for the last seven but still I struggle to get Affect versus Effect into my head. To be honest, in the past, I have totally relied
