tips, thoughts, and advice from a language geek
Pluralized uncountable nouns are a pet peeve of mine. The one that’s most frequently publicly wrong is ‘equipments’ because it’s posted at every construction site, and there are a lot of construction sites. equipments...
Nice new 12-story building? Check. Nifty quasi-anatomical logo? Check. Building signs checked by English expert? Nope. The signs in this waiting area at the National Heart Centre Singapore say “Main Wait” when they should...