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A blog about English language use, publishing and the media in general – brought to you by a sub-editor (copy editor) on a weekly UK magazine and his former chief sub.
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'london lite'
The Turner Prize and Enrico David Enrico
On Monday the London Lite ran a short piece on the entries for this year's Turner Prize. Here's part of it:I feel sorry for the caption-writer on this one. David Enrico sounds a more plausible name than Enrico David (in my opinion).At least the Londo...
Terrace house or terraced house?
A couple of style questions for you today:Terrace house (as seen in today's London Lite) or terraced house?Teenage employee (as seen in raw copy) or teenaged employee? ...
Jade Goody still lives
Something topical for a change on The Engine Room. Gareth wrote in this morning with the following:Spotted an interesting headline on the front page of the London Lite last night.The headline, under a big picture of Jade Goody, was "JADE: FEARS JACK ...
