DILETTANTE
Diletante? Dillettante? Dilletante? Dilettante? Yes! Well, having settled the spelling, what does it mean? It comes from dilettare which means to delight. So you might imagine it's a positive word. But no. Or certainly not according [...]
DRY OUT: LEARN TO PROOFREAD
Proofreaders' Worst Word? There are plenty of evil words out there designed to trip us up when we learn to proofread or copy-edit. We have to develop an unashamed dictionary [...]