A New Year is around the corner and here is a New Post - Some Misquoted Phrases
"A damp squid" should be "A damp squib" "On tender hooks" should be "On tenterhooks" "Nip it in the butt" should be "Nip it in the bud"...
Quick Word Processing Tips Number 4
More Shortcut Keys to try: Left aligned text – ‘Ctrl’ key plus l Right aligned text – ‘Ctrl’ key plus r Centred text – ‘Ctrl’ key plus e...
Quick Word Processing Tips Number 3
Some Shortcut Keys Bold – ‘Ctrl’ key plus b Italic – ‘Ctrl’ key plus i Underline – ‘Ctrl’ key plus u Subscript – ‘Ctrl’ key plus =...
Quick Word Processing Tips Number 2
Word remembers the last three locations of typing or amendments. By holding down the Shift key and pressing F5, you can return the...
Quick Word Processing Tips Number 1
Selecting Text One word: Double-click anywhere on the word. With hyphenated words, only the word before the hyphen is highlighted. One...
Another lapse*
Coverage of Formula 1 is a minefield when it comes to the correct use of ‘amount’ and ‘number’ because there are so many facts and...
Phew...er
The use of the words ‘amount’ when it should be ‘number’ and ‘less’ when it should be ‘fewer’, and vice versa, is heard far too...
Spot the Mistake
This week HSBC announced that they would be reducing the number of their banks in the UK, resulting in less branches in our towns,...
More Apostrophe Misuse
Childrens’… care of the BBC again.
Still Mounting Up
It goes on and on. The number of times ‘amount’ is used when it should be ‘number’ is occurring more and more on the TV. The reporters...