Style guides and style sheets
What are style guides and style sheets? How do editors use them, and should you use them when you’re writing?
Category: Spelling
Lay or lie? It’s easy to mix these up
Ever find yourself pausing to work out whether you should be using lay or lie? They’re commonly mixed up, and the fact that the past tense of lie is lay doesn’t make it any easier! All of us have words we’re not sure about, or that we have to check …
Is it whiskey or whisky?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! If you’re raising a glass to the patron saint of Ireland, you ought to make it whiskey rather than whisky. Why? Well, the short answer is that ‘whiskey’ refers to the spirit distilled in Ireland, whereas ‘whisky’ comes from Scotland. It’s not quite that straightforward, though. …