Friday, December 19, 2014

Small variations in spelling can significantly impact how a reader may perceive your writing.

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I get alerts sent to me covering a range of topics. One alert contained a link to this article on the spelling of definitely. Overall it is...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

South Australian spelling test search uncovers something unexpected

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Today I thought I'd check out the South Australian spelling test by searching Google. What I found however wasn't good. I found the...
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Google Chrome and the Opera browser can now use the preferred Australian English spelling on Apple Mac OS X computers.

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For some time I've provided an Australian Dictionary for Apple's OS X users on the page www.australian-dictionary.com.au/mac/ . Un...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Spelling and grammar errors can be easily spotted on many signs such as this one in the Eltham Village Shopping Centre.

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I was visiting the Eltham Village Shopping Centre on the weekend. As I walked down the ramp from the top car park I noticed the advertising...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Is the spelling car park or carpark?

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Every day I see how a word is spelt and it literally stops me when I'm reading the article. I think, "that's not how I'd s...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

David Jones is a little inconsistent with their use of Wi-Fi.

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I was checking the modern usage of apostrophe on retail sites and I came across the following David Jones page for their free Wi-Fi. http...
Friday, October 24, 2014

I thought this article on Mrs Daffern's research through the CSU's School of Education in Albury Wodonga was an interesting read so decided to share.

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Mrs Daffern's research, through the CSU's School of Education in Albury Wodonga, is examining how children learn to spell so that ed...