by Murugaraj | Jul 14, 2013 | History, Language, Words
This post is an outcome of asking so many whys. I never fancied that I’ll start writing on the evolution of English, let alone the history of England. However, the differences between the American and British English piqued my interest and I started doing a little...
by Murugaraj | Jul 5, 2013 | Grammar, Language
One of the ways to form an adjective is to add the suffix ~ic or ~ical. There is no clear rule about when to use which. As a rule of thumb, many of the older nouns have the ~ical adjective, while most of the newer ones have ~ic suffix. The suffix ~ic or ~ical means...
by Murugaraj | Jul 1, 2013 | Language, Spelling
Ensuring consistency in spelling is one of the housekeeping kind of editing tasks for a copy editor. Even though Microsoft Word provides a large array of English options, the global publishing world is divided between – or should I say, united by – two variations of...
by Murugaraj | Jun 8, 2012 | Grammar, Punctuation
Sorry to be blunt, but that was the first question that came to my mind after reading this article in the Economic Times yesterday. I’m complaining not about the use – rather the misuse – of commas in the text, nor about the sloppy writing. I’m...
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