Category Archive: Word Nerd

My ramblings about grammar, spelling, punctuation and other linguistic imperatives.

Aug 02

Use it or lose it

Whether I’m writing a letter, a detailed report or a text message, I try to use correct language (including spelling, grammar and punctuation).  Maybe that’s a bit nerdy, but it is so easy to slip into sloppy “text speak” – something that I believe is slowly killing the English language. Most of us spend more …

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