Even though I am native Maltese and we have our own language, I love English and read and write it as well as any Englishman (or woman) as I was brought up to speak it and read mostly English for pleasure as well as for study. It followed naturally that with what many consider to be the deterioration of English standards in Malta (even among those students who have taken A-level English) one of my jobs is freelance proofreading and editing. In fact I proof and edit several theses a year for university students. One of the things I have learned is that you cannot proof your own work because you will miss the errors as you did the first time round; so please don't berate yourself! Have a wonderful Christmas everybody. Karen in Malta.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Lemin Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 12:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [lace] A public shaming! :( I have just read those articles I put up on Weaver in hard copy!!! Now I know I am very slack writer (I tend to write as I speak... BUT I discovered I have used TAIL instead of TALE. I am truly ashamed of that! In my professional life I had some 40 articles published and I like writing. I did my Masters by Research and after that I said I would never go back to "Academic writing" again. So I admit I am slack, I do minimal editing, and just put stuff out there to inform or to start discussion... But tail and tale... I am ashamed of myself! I have the "Old Lace" but cant find the "arsenic" !!!! Enjoy Christmas, after this assuaging of my conscience, I certainly will! :) >From Brian and Jean Cooranbong. Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
