Baxter Communications

Fragments – jolly or jerky?

Andy Baxter — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:01:02 +0000

Frequent use of incomplete sentences (or sentence fragments) is a style that many Dutch writers and readers like: […]

Astrid Baxter-Holtman — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:48:10 +0000

It seems so simple. You have a message in Dutch, and you need it in English. You just […]

Andy Baxter — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:49:46 +0000

A very common error is to suppose that logic governs English spelling. Yes, the number 40 does have […]

Andy Baxter — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:56:52 +0000

Should you write Please, send me your comments or Please send me your comments? The version without a […]

Andy Baxter — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:24:43 +0000

Don’t be confused by the fact that ’s is used for the possessive of nouns (the book’s cover, […]

Andy Baxter — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:03:25 +0000

When used with a noun, the phrase as much/many/little/few as possible needs to ‘surround’ the noun, rather than […]

Andy Baxter — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 07:05:25 +0000

Neither! It’s a trick question. We don’t use to congratulate or congratulations in connection with birthdays in English, […]

Andy Baxter — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 08:08:11 +0000

English spelling is notorious for being confusing. For example, which of these is – or are – correct: programme, program […]

Andy Baxter — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:45:20 +0000

If you don’t like a certain idea, what would you say? I think it’s not a good idea or […]

Andy Baxter — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:15:09 +0000

In English, one of these days means ‘possibly sometime in the future’. It does not mean the same […]