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I have been trying to get my head round the Climategate scandal – but it’s useless. I don’t understand the words.
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Businessdictionary.com sent me the definition for ‘sustainability’. I was pleased. This is one of the words that I rarely, if ever, understand and yet it comes up so often in editorial work. I suspect the conspirators who laugh at editorial staff promote the words ‘sustainable’ and ‘sustainability’ just to cause confusion. They come up in almost every topic, apart that is, from plain English. › Continue reading

Yes, it’s a pun. Brilliant isn’t it? Clearly the word ‘plane’ here is used to mean ‘plain’ but conjures up images and the suggestion of aeroplanes. At least, that is, for those who know how to spell – and of course, only in writing – not in broadcast or other forms of verbal communication.

I don’t think those anti-aeroplane people hired a marketing professional. I don’t think a single one of them even did a copywriting course. And for once in my life, I think that’s a pity. › Continue reading