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14 Feb 2018 | Healthcare | The right words can... | Ian Valentine
The right words can… save lives
The headline news in recent weeks that a worrying number of women in the UK are not attending their smear tests for cervical cancer got me thinking about the importance of...
9 Jun 2017 | English language | General | Anna Fozzard
Eggcorns and other cute things children say
Big brothers and sisters around the world couldn’t be more thankful for eggcorns. What a great excuse to take the mick out of the little one for getting something wrong. If...
19 May 2017 | English language | Claire Wilson
The idiot’s (illustrated) guide to idioms
From ‘Bob’s your Uncle’ to ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’, we hear idioms on a regular basis but it’s surprising how little we actually know about their origins. Some idioms...
21 Apr 2017 | Copywriting | English language | General | In the news | Claire Wilson
Grammar vigilantes – annoying pedantry or an important public service?
Making the streets safe for pedants everywhere… Earlier this month, BBC 4 featured an interview with Bristol’s self-styled “grammar vigilante”, who makes a hobby of correcting street signs and shop fronts...
12 Apr 2017 | Copywriting | English language | General | Claire Wilson
Misused, abused and overused words – are you a culprit?
On average, men speak 7,000 words a days and women speak a remarkable 20,000 a day[1]. Not only do these stats confirm the common belief that women are the chatterboxes...
