The five website copy crimes you should ...

Your website is your hardest-working employee. No days off, no holiday and it sells for you even while you sleep. You should make sure the site is doing the best job it can and not turning people off with simple mistakes that could be costly. Read: The five website copy crimes you should avoid committing. (This was a guest post I wrote for the The Business Blogging Network website, published on December 7,...

This is what happens when a news story i...

Instead of taking you through this piece line by line and pointing out the personal opinion, spelling and grammar errors – not to mention the awkward phrasing – I thought I’d show you instead. Do let me know if I’ve missed...

Google: the new dictionary?...

Oh dear, I don’t know if I’m the only one guilty of this, but I do find myself increasingly reliant on Google. Typo in your search query? Oh well, Google knows what you mean. Can’t remember if it’s ‘compliment’ or ‘complement’? Just sling it to Mr. G. It’s not as if I don’t own a dictionary, or have access to the Oxford English dictionary online (register at your local library and you can use it for free). I’m just a victim of Google’s cleverness and my own laziness. I don’t know if I should be...