by English Wanted | Jun 27, 2018 | proofreading, writing
Many British English speakers disapprove of spellings such as ‘criticize’ or ‘modernize’, as if the letter ‘z’ were some devilish American plot designed to ruin ‘traditional’ English spelling forever. Yet if these same...
by English Wanted | Jun 25, 2018 | proofreading, writing
The term ‘parenthesis’ (or ‘parentheses’ in the plural) is commonly used as an alternative term for ‘brackets’. In fact, parenthesis is the explanatory or additional wording that goes inside the brackets. And this information can be...
by English Wanted | Jun 24, 2018 | writing
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a character who spends time playing with words rather than getting on with the task in hand – avenging his father’s murder. Well, that’s the traditional view. After all, he’s usually shown clutching the famous skull, musing about...
