Random thoughts and observations
I’m afraid that sub-editing standards have been thrown out the window in describing the death of Sonia McMahon. In 1965, she married William “Billy” McMahon, an aspiring politician in Sir Robert Menzies’ government. She was 32, he 57. Since the slow and ambiguous denial of imperial honors in Australia, the media has largely struggled to [...]
As a copy editor it irritates me when organisations adopt names that don’t use capital letters. The practice has become common in the internet age. It defies all grammatical rules for a name to be uncapitalised. I’m a ruthless anti capitalist and kill stray capitals whenever I see them, especially in titles. The president of [...]
