Caryn Gootkin hopes readers have conquered their fears of the semi-colon after her last column. Today she explains why the humble full stop can become a powerful plain language tool and reve... Read more
Caryn Gootkin continues her series on punctuation by demystifying the semi-colon, which has been called the scariest punctuation mark. Semi-colons have a bad reputation; unfairly, I think. T... Read more
My seven-year-old has starting learning Hebrew at school. This is the moment I have been waiting for; I have neglected my love affair with the language over the past 20 years since completin... Read more
Some grammar rules were drummed into our heads at school so thoroughly that many of us still cling to them, despite the fact that they are no longer absolute prohibitions. My three favourite... Read more
