Football versus soccer

The popular sport of kicking a round ball into a large net (called the ‘goal’) is called ‘football’ in Britain and ‘soccer’ in America. What the Americans call ‘football’ is played with an oval-shaped ball. British...

Idea’s or ideas?

In a workshop I held not long ago, a participant wrote the following on the flip chart: “Idea’s about new projects”. All he really wanted to do was to form the plural of the word ‘idea’. He should have just added an ‘s’...