I have a dirty little secret when it comes to being an editor: I rely on my ears to edit text, rather than a thorough knowledge of grammatical rules. Or rather, I have done so in the past. This secret is no longer quite so dirty because I’m taking (yet another!) course at Ryerson, this… Continue Reading
A few days ago when I was browsing The Economist online (I know it sounds odd, bear with me!), an advertisement caught my attention: Champagne only comes from Champagne. It turns out that the ad promotes the proper labelling of wine so that only those wines coming from the Champagne region of France can be… Continue Reading
When I first posted on this blog, I mentioned that I also wanted to use this space to foster a discussion about grammar, punctuation, and many other issues surrounding language usage. For a while, I hemmed and hawed about how to start, and figured that one of the things I gave a lot of though… Continue Reading
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