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The Engine Room  
A blog about language use, editing, publishing and the media - brought to you by a sub editor (copy editor) on a weekly UK magazine.
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Author: JD (The Engine Room)
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Skin cancer caused by 'ultra violent sunlight'

Dec 17, 2009
According to an article published on Telegraph.co.uk today, skin cancer is caused by "ultra violent sunlight": This one was actually spotted by Ed Yong and retweeted by my colleague Sue Proud - I just wanted to record it for posterity.

WHSmith £5 off... but £5 off what?

Dec 16, 2009
When I bought something in WHSmith yesterday I was given a voucher for £5 off my next purchase. As you might expect, there are conditions to using the voucher - it's only valid between 26 December 2009 and 3 January 2010, and only "when you spend £20...

Maximo Park singing 'Liver Salts'

Dec 15, 2009
This weekend I was amused to learn that my girlfriend thought the song 'Limassol' by Maximo Park was about 'liver salts' rather than a city in Cyprus. She has given me permission to mention this on the blog as long as I also mention that she never saw...

Headline: 'Children's boss axed after death'

Dec 10, 2009
I'm not sure about the BBC News headline 'Children's boss axed after death': So first the children's boss died, and then someone hacked at her corpse with an axe? Wait, no - it wasn't her death, and she was only axed metaphorically. Even changing...

Lorem oopsum

Dec 9, 2009
I spotted this Kids Company advert in yesterday's City AM free paper. Click on the image to see a larger version, and then have a look at the text panel in the bottom right: That's right, it's a paragraph of lorem ipsum placeholder text. Oops.



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  Written by a copy editor who obviously knows his stuff. Sharp, observant, and as witty as it is informative, this blog always delivers. One of my favorites.
Posted 5/8/09 1:05 PM


Stacey E.
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  Whenever I take my daily spin through the grammar blogosphere, I always make a point to spend some time at "The Engine Room." There's always something new to see, the commentary is lively, and I get to learn a lot about how English is used across the pond. Highly recommended.
Posted 12/22/08 11:12 PM