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A bad sentence

What excellent timing! I have a spate of proofreading coming up, and I’m going to try to work this sentence in somewhere: [T]o correct a bad sentence satisfactorily is not always possible; it should never have existed, that is all that can be said. From The King’s English, spotted by Maud Newton.

Will proof for books

I’m launching a new unbusiness venture. Every now and then I get asked to proofread something written in English, usually by a second-language English speaker. I’m one of those odd sorts who actually enjoys that sort of thing, but not enough to do it for free. I’ve always felt odd asking for money though, and [...]