Chrimbo came early at Turner Ink Towers this week when I was sent a book on punctuation from the cool guys over at User Design. If you’re the kind of person who still buys your reading from a bookstore, this is the kind of book you might purchase on a whim if it was sitting next to the till surrounded by...
So for those of you that received a Turner Ink Xmas card this year, these are the bloopers. How many did you get? A Christmas tail [A classic homonym. It should be tale.] Santa was having a bad day. 4 [up to number 10, spell out the number. So Four] of his elfs [elves] were throwing a sickie and the work experience...
Used correctly, punctuation can often be the difference between a blah blah statement and a really powerful headline. Take this sign at my local gym. Our weight loss course lasts 12 weeks and the results could last a lifetime. It's not wrong. It's just a bit dull. So what's missing? How about a semicolon? A semicolon joins two complete sentences which are closely...
Using the colon correctly will amaze your friends and impress your colleagues. Hey, it may even get you a promotion. The colon has two main uses: 1. It lets you know that what follows is an explanation or an elaboration of what came before You need to know one thing about English cricket: we can't bat to save our lives. I'll tell you...
