John Rentoul Mea Culpa: A fawning comparison for Audrey Hepburn
Questions of style and spelling in this week’s Independent
Questions of style and spelling in this week’s Independent
Questions of style and usage in this week’s Independent
Questions of style and usage in this week’s Independent
Horse- and hare-based metaphors, and other changing usages, in this week’s Independent
Points of style and usage from this week’s Independent
The difference between biannual and biennial, and more about the campaign against unnecessary hyphens in this week’s Independent
Hackneyed phrases, either of three and hyphen havoc in this week’s Independent
Questions of style, usage and business strategy in this week’s Independent
Words, phrases and usage in this week’s Independent
Ancient stories, arbitrary spelling rules and an inverted inference in this week’s Independent
A mishearing, a breach of convention and a double negative in this week’s Independent
Problems with word order and tectonic metaphors in this week’s Independent
Filler words and phrases, jargon and a tasteless metaphor in this week’s Independent
Old French, Latin and rules for consistency in this week’s Independent
May and might, underestimating the risk of saying the wrong thing, and an Americanism in this week’s Independent
Breathing new life into an old cliché, plus a tautology and several devotional metaphors in this week’s Independent
Living and dead languages in The Independent this week
Finer points of the US Constitution and of the rules of succession in hereditary monarchies in this week’s Independent
A ‘chilling homophone’, a distraction and a spuriously precise conversion in this week’s Independent
Loaded words, substitute headlines and Americanisms – not them again! – in this week’s Independent
Questions of usage, grammar and etymology in this week’s Independent