Comments on: Is There Really Room for Error in Writing?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:40:04 +0000

@morphail
You’re right. I should have said, “imprecise language.”

By: morphail

morphail — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:15:31 +0000

I don’t see how “She is one of us” is a mistake in grammar. It’s just ambiguous,

By: logos

logos — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:16:34 +0000

I like your site because it is fighting the good fight against the ongoing decay in English literacy. All of us can do a better job, as even you committed a minor error when placing the word “only” in the following sentence: “A sentence can only hold so many words before your reader loses track of what you’re saying.”

The sentence should read, “A sentence can hold only so many words before your reader loses track of what you’re saying.” Perhaps this universal, though slight, error is worthy of its own post.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:34:19 +0000

I subscribed to your blog recently and I must say that I have received a lot of useful tips. Tks.

I am not classified as a native English speaker but I speak English most of the time and yet I still make a lot of simple mistakes. I hope to correct them when I write!

By: Armen

Armen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:07:47 +0000

Interesting examples used at the end, Michael.

For years in Northern Ireland, it has been assumed, if you pronounce the letter ‘h’ as ‘hetch’, then you’re from the Roman Catholic/Irish side of the community, because the Protestant/British side pronounce it as ‘etch’.

It’s all very interesting.