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 […]
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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
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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
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