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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

8 years

Words are my love and my livelihood. I'll bring yours to life 🌱🌱 #EditingMatters

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 months

Heartbroken my new landlord has massacred my twisted hazel and ripped up all the poppies, field buttercups and oxeye daisies while I was away. It’s visceral.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

What are these called and where are you from?

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@bossproofreader

8 months

Well that was a lovely surprise! Nice to meet you, @HodgeTheCat , @Southwarkcathed .

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Do you struggle to find the word you're looking for in your first language because your second language insists on being heard?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

8 months

Hope for those who lost their sense of smell due to C-19. I haven’t been able to smell since 11 March 2020. Last weekend, it came flooding back. Overjoyed. 🤸‍♀️🤸🏻🤸‍♂️

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

I’m the first to proclaim I don’t understand economics, but if the UK’s grew by ‘only 0.1% in November’, and our money-obsessed government wants us to consume, wouldn’t paying public-sector workers a living wage help, @bankofengland ?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

My god, I've never had more responses! It'll take me a while to collate. In the meantime, please be aware they're turnips in NE England. 😁

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

I hadn’t realised ‘baltic’ isn’t widespread in the UK according to dictionaries here. Is that correct? Do *you* use ‘baltic’ to mean freezing?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

French friends and France-based friends, is it true the French media have dubbed Liz Truss 'the iron weathercock'?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

Cancer-free! Hoorah.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

10 months

Are there many first-person singular objective pronouns, or is it just me?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

7 years

The only acceptable #litter @WoodlandTrust 🍂🍁

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

6 years

When I appeared nude in a play on Broadway in the early ‘70s, a nasty little critic said I was built like a brick mausoleum with insufficient flying buttresses. He should have seen me after the menopause, there was no shortfall then! – Dame Diana Rigg. Bravo @DianaRiggHQ

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Isn’t this a banquet for linguists? From the enquiring mind of translator Suzie Withers.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Wrong date, random caps, US English, incorrect punctuation, missing punctuation. Swindon Borough Council knows how to thank key workers: insincerely.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

For my first attempt on the wheel, serviceable. Not pretty enough to give as gifts, though. ☹️

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

11 months

I have yet to meet a person who uses the lovely subjunctive form. (Irregular underlining all my own work 🤪)

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

The Anglo-Saxons got it right, and spring should be welcomed on 7 February to this day. It’s when we see snowdrops and celandines. From Winters In The World by @ClerkofOxford .

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

5 years

Check your #calendars UK friends: some 30 million have the wrong date for May Day (the early May Bank Holiday) because the government moved it from the Monday to the Friday (from the 4th to the 8th). 📅

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

5 months

17, I think. Sent home from work for dyeing my hair. Proofreading isn’t a customer-facing job.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

After 19 years, this book still irritates me, starting with the subhead.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 years

Regarding collecting things from comics @mrdanwalker , my dad (died 1988) went to all the newsagents in my town in the early 1970s to find me a Twinkle with the free ladybird ring. Wish I’d told him I much it meant. 💛

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

Meanwhile…

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

10 months

A nuthatch captured in flight through a hollowed-out tree trunk by Csaba Daróczi from Hungary.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 months

@beezlebum It absolutely is.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Someone might want to see my massive hair.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

A new word has slotted itself into my brain library’s shelves. I’ve popped it under Social Sciences, but maybe it should be located under Alternative Reality. Enshittification is the decay process in online platforms. Wonderful! Created by @doctorow , writer and activist.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

#RebuildOurNHS Cathy Elliott I am asking you as chair of @WYpartnership board to commit to put people before private profits in our local NHS. #PeopleBeforeProfit

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

10 months

Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim. Thank fuck for that.

Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim

Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

www.theguardian.com

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Who knew I’d be applying Voltarol to my knees and knitting with the help of my Mighty Sights on my 58th birthday? 😩😳 #WinterWoman

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

5 years

Until I moved to West Yorkshire, I would have pronounced Slaithwaite as it looks. Can't even work out how to type it the way it's pronounced round here, but I'll try. SLAOW-ITT. 😳😳😳 #Yorkshire folk are so tight. 😁😁😁

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 months

Madness.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 years

Have you read this @RobGMacfarlane ? It's an amalgamation of the beauty of language and its connection with nature.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

5 years

How lovely is this message @samaritans ? Do you know how kind people can be and how much of a difference it makes? My wonderful young postman made my day. 💛

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

When I told colleagues in London I was moving to Huddersfield, they snorted derisively. It’s the friendliest, most beautiful place I’ve lived.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 years

@wikangbayani There's also smallpox, which Europeans 'gave' to Native Americans.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

I've just learnt that checkmate is from the Persian shah mat (the king is flummoxed). #Etymology

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

10 months

Love this reading review.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

In the memory of Harry, my brother. 1957–2007.

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@bossproofreader

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

6 years

The Durham University prof who whined about my prices used a different copy-editor. Friends, he’s back. Experience costs and experience is worth it.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

Isn’t it an honour to be trusted? When someone hands over guardianship of their website or report or paper or book, it’s my duty as the custodian to handle words with discipline and care.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

6 months

It’s remarkable how an impending visit galvanises my non-existent cleaning standards.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

@winyeemichelle Did you see the @BJennings90 cartoon on 8 September, Michelle?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Ola El Aguizy squeezed herself into a hand-cranked bucket and made the descent of an 8-metre shaft. Archaeologists’ ‘dream discovery’ of a sarcophagus near Cairo.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

6 months

My irises are popular.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

Thank you to my @PDSA_HQ vet. She was compassionate and thoughtful. RIP Charliegirl. ❤️

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

11 months

In my experience (over 42 years as a professional), *all* text needs proofreading, including mine. Furthermore, I would not trust someone who is ‘good at English’ to proof my words. 1/2

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 months

Nice things for nice people.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

To all the good people.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

Podium is from the Greek word for foot and indicates an object one stands upon, not behind. The piece of furniture one stands behind is a lectern, from the Latin word for reading.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

Oh my god, I've learnt a new word and it describes my housekeeping practices. Perendinate. To defer until the day after tomorrow; to postpone for a day.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

5 years

Another small message to everyone who doesn't have a partner or bairns: my mam has told me off for talking on Twitter. If I didn't, I would be completely alone. It's the only contact for many of us and I thank feck for it every day. Thank you Twitter friends. ❤️

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

I propose to bring back rum as an adjective.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

7 months

Just breached the forbidden doorway. Have never set eyes on this room before. Been in this house about 16 years.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

My brother, 63, will be cycling from Budapest to the UK in a few weeks. I will be tracking him on his iPhone. 😊 Sooooo cool!

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

6 years

Can we have you lasses on forever @BBCNaga and @stephbreakfast ? I’m with Steph on Bath, but there again, I’m from Darlo.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 years

I've just been moved to tears: my neighbour's son (16 years old) has just called round to offer me a full Christmas dinner. Such a kind gesture. Had to say no, as I'm halfway through making my own. 🎄

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

This is why everyone – including proofreaders – needs a proofreader.

Dr. Hadas Kotek 🦄🎗️

@HadasKotek

2 years

When I proofread my own writing, I can repeatedly read what I intended to write and not what's actually on the screen in front of me. Just this hour I probably read "high unusual" as "highly unusual" at least 4-5 times, not noticing the error. Does this happen to anyone else?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Isn’t autumn countryside spectacular? At my mate’s farm this afternoon.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Some 30 years ago, I climbed onto a massive unsaddled horse tethered outside the village bar. My mates untied it. I screamed and squeezed my thighs, not knowing that indicates a gallop. A hair-raising run through the streets ended here. #Qu éntar

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

5 months

So it IS still Twitter.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 years

'Boris apologised for the new measures, though he laid the blame squarely on the British people for not having been able to abide by the existing measures. Perhaps he should have run that line past Dominic Cummings who set an example so many followed.'

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

My brainiac author has told me the deadline is ‘whenever you want.’ Today was to be deadline day. You’ll find me trailing a relaxed white hand in a deep, green pond in the woods.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 month

Incredible engineering.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

‘Describe procrastination and its roots.’ When’s the deadline?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

It would be criminal to avoid reading the comments here. Very British.

Andy Riley

@AndyRileyish

2 years

So if they both muster knights and archers in their respective dukedoms then advance at similar speeds, the battle will take place somewhere on the northern fringe of London, maybe in car park at the Waltham Cross Homebase

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

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6 months

Skinniest I’ve ever been.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

Here's my 'garden'. 😲

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

It was orange in the flesh, so to speak. No idea why it’s purple here (no filter).

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

#12DaysWild in camouflage this morning. Isn't she magnificent?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Slim pickings and happiness in the soft Yorkshire rain. Good morning, all.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

Desire paths – described by @RobGMacfarlane as 'paths and tracks made over time by the wishes and feet of walkers' – in an urban meadow the council has left untamed (hurrah!). #30DaysWild

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

My mate (not young by any stretch) told me it was a leap year. I told everyone it was a leap year. I discover she thinks if February has 28 days, it’s a leap year ‘because it leaps from 28th February to 1st March’. Give me strength.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

Sunshiney view from mother's doorstep, 1 January, 08:45.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

I starved myself to get these relatively slim thighs. Darlo railway station, en route to a gig in Newcastle, 1982.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

10 months

Finland applies the Housing First concept. Those affected by homelessness get a small apartment and counselling – without preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. & it’s cheaper than homelessness. via @scoop__me

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

thebetter.news

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 months

@JanMiklas01 I chose A, even though it’s hideous.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

The plot thickens.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

4 years

Editing tools.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

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2 years

Looking angelic, don't you think? 😇

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

The news tells us people find January depressing. The days are lengthening, the promise of spring is in sight, the endurance test that is Christmas is behind us. #ReasonsToBeCheerful

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

What do you remember from school geography lessons? Sheep farming in Australasia? Oxbow lakes? Prevailing winds?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

I'm celebrating 🌟40🌟 years of proofreading and copy-editing. This message is from Tom Le Bas. We worked together in the later 1990s until 2004.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

6 months

Quite pleased (note this is the British ‘quite’) with plot progress.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

11 months

Bloody litter louts. Every flamin’ autumn.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

3 years

Nine days into treatment, and I must say I’m looking better by the day.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

What is the reason my iPad changes broad into B-road? I have never typed B-road in my life. Here are my B-road beans. They have purple flowers that echo the foxgloves.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

1 year

Slighty but mighty.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

Flowers for me! From someone! For doing summat!

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4 months

@IrishPTNolan All that careful curating for naught.

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10 months

Pocketfuls of, er, sprouts.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

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1 year

Being treated like a duchess.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 months

Me being happy among life.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

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1 month

Wet Wednesday through the wonky window.

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 months

Isn’t it tiresome when you’re getting stuck into a book or concentrating on an article and a turn of phrase or a word crops up time and again over the course of a chapter? When words and phrases crop up time and again in the course of a chapter, it’s tiresome, isn’t it?

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Foolproof (Sylvia Suddes)

@bossproofreader

2 years

That was a strange couple of minutes.

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