Tag Archives: pedantry

Thanks, but no thanks, BibleProtector.com

Posted on 10 January 2023 by stuff writer

Matthew Verschuur of Australia has undertaken to prepare a definitive copy of the “Cambridge Edition” of the KJV circa 1900, which he calls the “Pure Cambridge Edition” (PCE). He has taken time to check punctuation and capitalisation and spelling against … Continue reading →

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Those Literal Cleaners

Posted on 8 February 2013 by stuff writer

Saw this in “The Star” this morning.  A wife is taking her husband to the cleaners – literally: The amazing thing about this report is that the rest of the report has very little to say about this trip to … Continue reading →

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Please note, the idiom

Posted on 8 April 2011 by stuff writer

So, “please note”. It’s about taking note, but is it really a plea? One thing it is not, is it is not the polite form of “Note”. It is a strangely forced form of politeness. “Please note that the train … Continue reading →

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