A WORD IN THE HAND: SMALL

SUE DE GROOT | Let’s give long words the short shrift and keep it simple

A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

31 March 2021 - 19:44 By sue de groot

Some years ago, thanks to a much-loved in-law, I found myself bobbing about on one of a few thousand boats massed on the water in a Cornish bay, watching about 40 tall ships leave Falmouth harbour and begin their race to Greenwich, further up the English coast...

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