Alastair Otter

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750 words to clear the head

A few months ago I discovered the 750 words concept. The idea is simple: Every day you write down 750 words on anything that comes into your head. It doesn’t have to be well thought out, or even well-argued. You don’t need to spell check it and you don’t need to proofread it. And it’s [...]

Would you like an apostrophe with that, ma’am?

Welcome to the brave new world of online media. A world where anyone with an Internet connection can be a journalist and bloggers are the new media rock stars. A world where readers can immediately deliver their own opinions, and usually do. It’s also a world where basic grammar skills are apparently no longer needed. [...]