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Mark Shea
is the College's manager of English language development
Blog posts in total 3
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To boldly go… against the pedants: Fine, if you’re jargon-free
A new anti-pedantry book by Oliver Kamm claims purists' prohibitions are often bogus. Where does the BBC stand in this debate? Right in the middle, obviously.
Commas still count but don’t over-regulate to punctuate
The humble comma is the latest battleground in a war which is ostensibly about punctuation but which I believe is actually about attitudes towards change in general.
Doubting Thomas’s apostrophe? Teacher knows best
For something so very small, the apostrophe certainly punches above its weight in terms of dividing opinion. I found no consensus on apostrophes and common usage is inconclusive.
