Rantings of a sub-editor

January 23, 2013

January articles

Filed under: OK/okay,spelling — substuff @ 2:56 pm
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My articles for Emphasis this month:

OK, okay, every self-respecting sub has to tackle this chestnut at some point. OK, ok, okay. How do you write OK?

The French government has added hashtag to its list of banned words. Sense or silliness? France bans the word ‘hashtag

2 Comments »

  1. OK or okay – but never ok, which makes me feel particularly queasy.

    Comment by Craig Harris — January 23, 2013 @ 4:01 pm | Reply

  2. I prefer OK, but don’t ask me to justify that! Quite agree with Craig that ok looks odd. I may occasionally use it in a casual e-mail, but never in a text for publication.

    Comment by Steve Rawcliffe — February 4, 2013 @ 10:27 am | Reply


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