Tuesday, 28 June 2011

The Write Stuff

Former Daily Telegraph Associate Editor Simon Heffer was widely mocked for his often pedantic view with regard to spelling and grammar, but there is a substantial difference between lightning and lightening. Someone should tell the Ham & High!



Update: The Ham&High reporter has Tweeted an apology for her spelling mistake. The almost perfect Mrs Angry made the same mistake, so the journalist is in good company.

In fairness, and lest I be accused of hypocrisy, it was an easy mistake to make. Last year, for an academic piece of work, I wrote ‘principle’ instead of ‘principal’. The lesson learned from this was:

a) do not rely on your computer’s spill chucker

b) ask someone else to proof read your work before you publish it.