Heh, I wondered if anyone would take me to task. “Well-written” would do
better, I think. I didn’t want a comma there as I was referring to English
that was written rather than spoken as well; and well-written falls short as
well, really.
But I’m glad to welcome you to my world of obsessiveness about it, Jez :-)
Chris
> On 6 Nov 15, at 09:31, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ... good written English...
>
> "good, written English" or "well-written English". I assume you meant the
> former.
>
> Tongue coming out of cheek now.
> Jez
>
> On 6 November 2015 at 05:54, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> A fellow List member kindly sent me this a couple of days ago. I take it
>> as a sort of compliment; well, in fun anyway:
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19065 <
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19065>
>>
>> I have it pinned on my noticeboard at work; my colleagues ask me for
>> advice as they know that I am keen on good written English and many of them
>> are not good . . .
>>
>> Chris
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