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Category Archives: punctuation
New Year’s “revolutions”
What a year 2012 was. It was quite patriotic. Every single class at my children’s school went to London at least once – ON THE TRAIN. Even the EYFS Reception children. We had a barbecue to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond … Continue reading
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Tagged apostrophe, children, family, history, patriotic, proofread, punctuation, school
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Attention to detail
There is a new way of working at my children’s school. My son, aged six, is given a set of tasks at the beginning of the week and is expected to complete them, on his own and without being nagged, … Continue reading
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Shakespeare
In 1984 I was lucky enough to spend a year at school in South Africa and we studied Romeo and Juliet inside out and backwards. I was lucky again when, upon my return, I discovered that we were to study … Continue reading
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Tagged Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, T-shirt, Top Shop
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Celebrity names
I didn’t like my name when I was at school as it is quite old-fashioned for my generation and I was surrounded by Karens, Lisas and Joannes and wanted to fit in. Plus as a Francophile, it is a difficult name for … Continue reading
Posted in Names, punctuation, spelling, Uncategorized
Tagged birth, celebrity, names, princess, registrar
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Proofreaders
Some of the things that proofreaders check for are: Spelling Doesn’t a big company such as Victoria’s Secret use proofreaders? From Red Pen, Inc. Grammar Punctuation Obviously for only one girl… From Apostrophe Abuse Sense From Failblog Consistency Whoops! Both from … Continue reading
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Tagged consistency, grammar, punctuation, spelling
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