December, 2009

Mind your language – setting your Word default to UK English

Making sure the language default in Word, or Pages if you’re a Mac user, is set for UK English isn’t about being patriotic.  It’s about writing for your audience. If I were writing for an American audience, I would expect to use American spellings.  So if you want to know how to eliminate those ‘z’s and other peculiar spellings.

Read the rest of this page »

 

Hello. I'm Elaine, I'm a copywriter and this is my blog.

It's mostly about words and writing - things that inspire me, entertain me, and make me smile. Sometimes it's about things that horrify me so much I want to scream and shout!

I hope you enjoy it and find it useful. And speaking of useful - scroll down and take a look at the Oxford Dictionaries tool.

Click here to find out a bit more about me.

Word Alchemy Blog