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The politics and poetics of the apostrophe
Great apostrophe disasters of 2012, volume 26: a few weeks ago I read an op-ed piece about love and money on the front page of one of the UK’s major national newspapers, The Guardian. It was written by eminent contemporary novelist Jeanette Winterson. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostrophe, Brands, Dante, Engagement, Leveson Inquiry, Meaning, Punctuation, Reader's Digest, Search, Stakeholder, Waterstones
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The psychoanalysis of spelling
The only purpose of spelling is to communicate. ‘Bad’ spelling communicates too, but it gives out a message we don’t want. Or perhaps it gives out a message we do want. So what do we really want? The Spice Girls said they … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostrophe, Bible, Freud, Literacy, McLuhan, Psychoanalysis, Punctuation, Spelling, Teaching, Words
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