"Passing" is something that midfield generals, students taking exams and overtaking drivers do. That other thing we'll all eventually do is called "death". Euphemising it doesn't make it any easier to deal with, just as asterisking swear words doesn't dilute their impact. #SaveOurSubs
"England must destine 7% of land to nature and renewables to hit green targets, data shows" - The Guardian
"Destine" doesn't really work like that. It's only used as an agentless passive, as in "this approach is destined/doomed/fated to fail". Try devote, assign or allocate instead. #SaveOurSubs.
“'I refute the suggestion of a cover-up,' said Starmer’s spokesperson" -The Guardian
No you don't. You can rebut (=deny) it, but you can only refute (=disprove) it by presenting issue-settling evidence. #SaveOurSubs
I'm reading a book with text that has clearly been adapted to British spelling from the original American edit. Unfortunately, the search-and-replace process used for this was, er, sub-optimal:
The research team, in collabouration with a Swedish labouratory...
#SaveOurSubs
As an offshoot from #SaveOurSubs, I'm launching #SongStress - lyrics that fail miserably to match the stress of the melody. I'll start the ball rolling with this one. Feel free to add any more - and there are loads more - you've spotted.
"Prince-char MING! Prince-char MING!" - Adam & The Ants
"New research reveals Britain’s biggest water company has been illegally polluting rivers at an even greater scale than previously thought."
- New Statesman standfirst
"on a greater scale" or "at a greater rate" but not this. #SaveOurSubs
"The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is 'seismic' and has left senior royals in 'unchartered waters', a royal commentator has told the Press Association."
- The Guardian
Ships may need a charter but waters don't. The word you're looking for is "uncharted". #SaveOurSubs
Most people's preferred pronoun in 2026 seems to be "myself". #SaveOurSubs
"Lived experience". Stop it. By definition, "lived" is what experience is: the accumulation of what someone has previously done and learned in their life to date. If it's important to stress that the experience is a particular person's and not someone else's, use "own" or "personal". #SaveOurSubs
Sir Alf and sweary Gordon are Ramsey and Ramsay, respectively.
The Big Yin and the Bosch bloke are Connolly and Connelly, respectively.
Bat-bothering Ozzy and Austerity Gideon are Osbourne and Osborne, respectively.
Any more odd couples welcome. #SaveOurSubs
The PSG manager's name is Luis Enrique (double-barrelled first name) Martínez (surname). Calling him "Enrique" is like calling Billy Bob Thornton "Bob", Tommy Lee Jones "Lee" or Pope John Paul II "Paul". #SaveOurSubs
The 78 year old... born in 1948... was thought to be in good health when she celebrated her 80th birthday at a party in the summer."
In one article! Bravo, Mail Online #saveoursubs
"Please do not say 'anymore' any more" -Guardian Style Guide
#SaveOurSubs
"Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse."
This is an absolute disgrace. That second comma should go after "remain", not "with". #SaveOurSubs
Kowtow to, be cowed by, cower before... just not this. #SaveOurSubs
Popbitch: "Jennie changed tact entirely."
Good. I've always thought discretion was in need of a makeover. #SaveOurSubs
Owen Cooper, who played Jamie Miller, the 13 year old accused of murder in Adolescence, made history by becoming the first ever male winner of an acting Emmy at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
Very surprising fact in the Mirror.
#saveoursubs
Goodness #saveoursubs
Front page of The Guardian Sport section 26/7/25, showing date of the Women’s Euro’s final as ‘tomorrow’
Inside front page of The Guardian Sport supplement 26/7/25, showing the date of the final as ‘Today’
The Guardian appears to be getting a bit confused/over excited about the #Euro2025 final… #saveoursubs
The new #saveoursubs. Beware auto captions.
And the commas bracketing the already bracketed parenthesis? #SaveOurSubs
Also - should be "restore", not "replace". #saveoursubs
It rather begs the question* whether editors even bother spiking stories these days. How HAS this “story” got to publication?
*yes I know as a paid up member of #saveoursubs that is incorrect and we RAISE questions but I think we’ve all lost that one
