By: substuff
You do speak an awful lot of sense sometimes. I didn’t actually know the flitj,mw rule, but I think I kinda unofficially knew it. It’s so simple! Most of the editorial staff know some proofing marks,...
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All reporters should be made to sub for a few shifts every once in a while. It will make them more aware of how to write concisely and accurately (it certainly has helped me) and will give them a good...
View ArticleBy: Stefmez
My very first job, many moons ago, was as an audio typist for a solicitor in probate. One of my responsibilities was to type wills and codicils on foolscap parchment and probate accounts on double...
View ArticleBy: Vice-Chancellor
Thanks for the qualifier: “You do speak an awful lot of sense sometimes.” “You do speak an awful lot of sense” would have sufficed. But then I guess I probably deserved it after the student union...
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Thank goodness someone invented the delete key (oh yeah, and computers and all that jazz)!
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Vice Chancellor, (I’m not allowed any more reply space, apparently, so here I am.) As for the ‘sometimes’, well let’s not forget that you once corrected my mother’s spelling, so it can’t be assumed...
View ArticleBy: Angus Donald
I just want to say what a great site I think this is. I gave up subbing two years ago (to write novels) but I still find the debates here gripping and I read it almost every day. Keep up the good work,...
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I guess, reading between the lines, that you have at least one “lost cause” in your office. If that’s the case, I’m not sure you can do anything about people who don’t want to learn. Luckily, in my...
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