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I'm doing lectures tomorrow and next Monday on avoidable errors in essays and dissertations - formatting of titles, bibliographies, use of apostrophes and, above all, misused words.
You'll know the kind of thing - famous/infamous/notorious
"Robert de Niro famously played Travis Bickle."
"Robert de Niro infamously played Travis Bickle."
"Robert de Niro notoriously played Travis Bickle."
Defiantly for definitely:
"Robert de Niro is defiantly a good actor."
Bare/bear:
"The Americans have the right to bare arms."
"Paddington is bearly an illegal immigrant."
They're/their/there:
"Its' there birthday so their over they're"
If you have any gems and bugbears (bugbares?) to share I'd be grateful.
You'll know the kind of thing - famous/infamous/notorious
"Robert de Niro famously played Travis Bickle."
"Robert de Niro infamously played Travis Bickle."
"Robert de Niro notoriously played Travis Bickle."
Defiantly for definitely:
"Robert de Niro is defiantly a good actor."
Bare/bear:
"The Americans have the right to bare arms."
"Paddington is bearly an illegal immigrant."
They're/their/there:
"Its' there birthday so their over they're"
If you have any gems and bugbears (bugbares?) to share I'd be grateful.
