Although editing and proofreading are often mentioned together, they are two different things. Here’s the difference that needs to be taken note of. Editing means improving writing to... Read more
Along with Dean Koontz, my favourite living author is Stephen King. Not only do these supreme masters scare the holy bejabbers out of me, but they’re also Stradivariuses in the use of Englis... Read more
Caryn Gootkin considers how the use of capital letters can affect the meaning we convey and the sometimes embarrassing, often comedic consequences of their absence in spoken language. My gra... Read more
Oh dear, this Engen service station was certainly not a 1-stop shop for good grammar. In Other Words’ Caryn Gootkin nearly flouted all road safety rules and drove off the road when she spott... Read more
TheMediaOnline’s eagle-eyed proofreading and plain language expert, Caryn Gootkin, spotted this poster while driving around Cape Town in the aftermath of the Proteas defeat in the Cricket Wo... Read more
Every now and then, my inbox receives one of those ubiquitous emails that do the rounds time and again, but do give us a good laugh – and that includes the sub editors who sometimes, u... Read more
