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I read the Mail for the health scares, at least one a week.
My preferred paper is the Independent.
They have a corrections column on a Saturday, I love it.
If any pedant (sorry, person who prefers correct English) wants a good read (and a laugh) the book 'Troublesome Words' by Bill Bryson is very enlightening. He wrote it when a young sub-editor on the Times (when it WAS the Thunderer) about 30 years ago, and a new edition was published a couple of years ago.
My preferred paper is the Independent.
They have a corrections column on a Saturday, I love it.
If any pedant (sorry, person who prefers correct English) wants a good read (and a laugh) the book 'Troublesome Words' by Bill Bryson is very enlightening. He wrote it when a young sub-editor on the Times (when it WAS the Thunderer) about 30 years ago, and a new edition was published a couple of years ago.
"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
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The Guardian - a well-known, left-leaning national newspaper!Scone Lover wrote:Time to admit my ignorance, what is that?jhopgood wrote:How come no-one reads the Grauniad?
Called Grauniad because it used to cantane a lote of spling missteaks....
Ba.A / Mid. B 1972 - 1978
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?