John Rentoul Mea Culpa: driving the horses out of Pandora’s Box
Mixed metaphors, bad taste and a strange inversion in this week’s Independent
Mixed metaphors, bad taste and a strange inversion in this week’s Independent
Pry to mean force open, a quantum leap and pedantic prepositions in this week's Independent
‘On a daily basis’ and other slip-ups of style in this week’s Independent
Style cataclysms and minor grammar glitches in this week’s Independent
Misspellings lead to myriad mishaps in this week’s Independent
Style slips and grammar glitches in this week’s Independent
Word glitches and other confessions of fault in this week’s Independent
An exhibit from the museum of metaphoric curiosities and other quirks of usage in this week’s Independent
The right word eluded us this week – and other style glitches in The Independent
After Ancient Greek and Middle English, our chief pedant finally gives up over the names of European courts
Parameter, perimeter; formerly, formally; queue and cue: confusions and literary heroics in this week’s Independent
Damp squibs, hefty handouts, unexpected horses and public-sector management jargon in this week’s Independent
Americanisms, daring exploits and death in this week’s Independent
The language of restaurant reviews and other flat soufflés in this week’s Independent
Clichés and similar-sounding words in this week’s Independent
A footballer’s retirement, Melania Trump’s dresses and homing pigeons in this week’s Independent
A spelling test, a problem of telling the time, and an excess of journalese in this week’s Independent
Location, location, location, and other rules broken in this week’s Independent
Journalese, unnecessary words and mixed geography metaphors in this week’s Independent
Tautology, confusion and 134 uses of an unnecessary word in this week’s Independent
Patented rocks, words with opposite meanings and other style glitches in this week’s Independent