Well I never!

Posted May 11, 2020
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Written by Richard Peters

Sometimes, language doesn’t behave the way we’re taught it should. Double negatives are a case in point: why does English avoid them in writing but embrace them in speech? Richard Peters shares some thoughts.

The art of making sense

Posted January 14, 2019
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Written by Colin Rae

Our brains are determined to make sense of things, including everything we read. But this means we gloss over errors, which in turn makes proofreading harder. A few thoughts on how this works and how we can make sure we catch every error.