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Home › Posts tagged terms › Page 2 As anyone who knows me will verify, I’m rather partial to the occasional glass of dry white wine – preferably a zesty Sauvignon Blanc from Down Under. As I’m also a word nerd, a glossary of wine terms seemed to… Posted in Language Tagged with: glossary, lingo, […]

Home › Posts tagged terms One of the many differences between British English and American English that’s always intrigued me is autumn vs. fall. We use winter, spring and summer on both sides of the pond. Yet we can’t seem to agree what to call this time of… Posted in Language Tagged with: AmE, autumn, BrE, fall, terms […]

Home › Archive for Freelancing Would you believe it, but it’s been 21 years since I decided back in October 1996 to set up my stall as a freelancer? After initially offering four services – copywriting, editing, proofreading and translation – I soon dropped the latter to… In most industry sectors, employees get sent on various training […]

Home › Posts tagged blogs One of the questions I’m often asked when I tell people at networking events that I’m a copywriter is whether I ghostwrite blog posts or articles for clients. The answer I give is ‘yes’ – because I do offer a… I’ve a confession: this is my first blog post in […]

The hyphen may be small, but its presence – or absence – in a word can make an enormous difference to the meaning. The English language includes several instances of words where the decision to add or leave out a… The humble apostrophe may be small and trivial to some, but its correct usage brings […]

Home › View all posts by Geraldine Jones › Page 4 Like many of you, the recent spate of spring sunshine has enticed me out into the garden to do some much-needed tidying and cutting back in the borders. While snipping away with my secateurs, it occurred to me that copy-editing… Do you ever wonder […]

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is well underway – we’re not exactly snowed in in the UK, but we are expecting a few flakes tonight! So, seeing as we Brits like to discuss the weather as we go about our daily lives, I’ve put… As a linguist, I’m always fascinated by how people in other countries use completely different […]

As a linguist, I’m always fascinated by how people in other countries use completely different words to effectively say the same thing. For this week’s blog post, I’ve therefore rounded up the many versions of Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas or Season’s Greetings that will be seen and heard around Europe over the festive period. You’ve […]

Now that December has arrived, it’s time to get your skates on and start thinking seriously about Christmas presents for family and friends. Whether you’re after stocking fillers for teenage students, a Secret Santa present for an office colleague or something special for a full-time writer, there are loads of gorgeous gift ideas for writers, readers […]

As a linguist, I’m always fascinated by how people in other countries use completely different words to effectively say the same thing. For this week’s blog post, I’ve therefore rounded up the many versions of Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas or Season’s Greetings that will be seen and heard around Europe over the festive period. You’ve […]

Now that December has arrived, it’s time to get your skates on and start thinking seriously about Christmas presents for family and friends. Whether you’re after stocking fillers for teenage students, a Secret Santa present for an office colleague or something special for a full-time writer, there are loads of gorgeous gift ideas for writers, readers […]

Now that December has arrived, it’s time to get your skates on and start thinking seriously about Christmas presents for family and friends. Whether you’re after stocking fillers for teenage students, a Secret Santa present for an office colleague or something special for a full-time writer, there are loads of gorgeous gift ideas for writers, readers […]

Now that December has arrived, it’s time to get your skates on and start thinking seriously about Christmas presents for family and friends. Whether you’re after stocking fillers for teenage students, a Secret Santa present for an office colleague or something special for a full-time writer, there are loads of gorgeous gift ideas for writers, readers […]