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17 Sept 2013

My 11 Top Tips For Writing A List Of Top Tips original ↗

10 Sept 2013

Know the geography and judge the best route original ↗

23 Aug 2013

The confessions of a recovering pedant original ↗

22 Jul 2013

What’s wrong with the passive voice?original ↗

2 Jul 2013

Could they be him?original ↗

29 Apr 2013

The Telegraph’s incompetent grammar test original ↗

15 Apr 2013

Pullum vs Orwell on clichés original ↗

7 Apr 2013

The circumlocution of the ineffable: elegant variation and dark matter original ↗

4 Apr 2013

A vanishingly unlikely peeve original ↗

23 Mar 2013

Flogging a dead princess original ↗

16 Mar 2013

Deep impact original ↗

14 Mar 2013

Grammar clerihews original ↗

11 Mar 2013

Haiku for National Grammar Day original ↗

4 Mar 2013

Testing people’s reactions to language original ↗

3 Mar 2013

Clientology original ↗

21 Jan 2013

2012

A writer needs to consider the impression his words make original ↗

20 Nov 2012

A case study in self-prescriptivism original ↗

30 Oct 2012

Free reign or free rein? My kingdom for a horse!original ↗

23 Oct 2012

Not knowing when to stop original ↗

26 Sept 2012

Trying to be funny original ↗

17 Sept 2012

The uncommonly bad language of Mr Julian Assange original ↗

13 Sept 2012

Choosing which readers to annoy original ↗

12 Sept 2012

The very model of an amateur grammarian original ↗

4 Sept 2012

Their behalves are more different than yours original ↗

25 Aug 2012

Freelance copy editors and house style guides original ↗

15 Aug 2012

Short shrift for long words original ↗

17 Jul 2012

The data is in; the news is good original ↗

8 Jul 2012

Singular ‘we’original ↗

5 Jun 2012

The Queen’s English original ↗

1 Jun 2012

How not to show off original ↗

30 May 2012

Unleash your inner bureaucrat original ↗

29 May 2012

Splicing with danger original ↗

23 May 2012

The cost of living: a penny for your thoughts original ↗

26 Apr 2012

What does the Plain English Campaign do?original ↗

10 Apr 2012

Grammar haiku original ↗

4 Mar 2012

Uniqueness isn’t interesting original ↗

24 Jan 2012

Yes we may original ↗

4 Jan 2012

2011

Language books wanted original ↗

25 Nov 2011

Jokes are barred original ↗

9 Nov 2011

Large Cliché Collider original ↗

2 Nov 2011

The two types of jargon user original ↗

20 Oct 2011

We needn’t be that restrictive original ↗

19 Oct 2011

Poor sustenance original ↗

1 Oct 2011

Rooting for Miliband original ↗

28 Sept 2011

A poem with language quite heinous…original ↗

28 Sept 2011

Stuff your jargon original ↗

21 Sept 2011

Another round of begging original ↗

13 Sept 2011

A question of begging original ↗

7 Sept 2011

An uncertain mess original ↗

27 Jun 2011

Miliband in open relationship shocker original ↗

14 Jun 2011

A plea for pleonasm and a rhyme of reason original ↗

1 Jun 2011

Polygamy: a tense moment original ↗

10 May 2011

Twenty-Four episode 2: Bin and gone original ↗

2 May 2011

The unholy see original ↗

28 Apr 2011

Do not fear the delusional bugbears original ↗

27 Apr 2011

Catch-22 original ↗

19 Apr 2011

Enhance your green credentials: recycle a cliché today!original ↗

15 Apr 2011

Twenty-Four original ↗

7 Apr 2011

The true meaning original ↗

5 Apr 2011

A pox to be eradicated original ↗

31 Mar 2011

A known known original ↗

24 Mar 2011

Ancient Chinese proverb original ↗

15 Mar 2011

A little-appreciated little appreciated point original ↗

12 Mar 2011

Add absurdum original ↗

7 Mar 2011

Ungodly inconsistency original ↗

3 Mar 2011

Applying for an edit original ↗

1 Mar 2011

Copyeditors as civil servants original ↗

1 Mar 2011

Take the hint original ↗

24 Feb 2011

Identity crisis original ↗

15 Feb 2011

Hello original ↗

13 Feb 2011