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From basket to casket

March 18, 2021December 7, 2018

Verbal ambiguities are frequently the cause of laughter, sometimes at inappropriate moments. During the state funeral of the 41st President of the United States, for instance, many onlookers were touched by the loyalty of George … Read more

Categories editing, proofreading, writing Tags ambiguity, george bush, humor, humour, lexical ambiguity, object, president, relative clause, subject

Paying one’s dues

March 22, 2021November 13, 2018

A frequent question concerns the correct use of ‘owing to’ and ‘due to’. Both phrases originate in the world of finance and moneylending; and of course the word ‘due’ still has the sense of ‘money owed’ … Read more

Categories editing, proofreading, writing Tags grammar, predicate, prepositions, president, verbs

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