Susanna Richards

Susanna Richards is a senior sub-editor at The Independent. She is the author of The Independent’s new style guide, which she compiled in her spare time.

<p>Mixing one’s metaphors is like mixing anything else: risky, but nonetheless enjoyable</p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Toil and trouble

<p>Some prehistoric creatures delight in their uncharacterised status, apparently oblivious to the presence of the artist, whose notebook was discovered nearby, though he was not </p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Editor vs prey

<p>Fomentation process: some excitable young fruit throw themselves into the melee </p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Grapes of wrath

<p>Take me to your editorial: an automaton surveys with satisfaction a landscape free of grammatical beauty</p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Why, robot?

<p>‘Shall I compare thee with a summer’s day?’ would imply a rather different sentiment </p>

Mea Culpa: Minding our Ps and Qs

<p>The Latin word ‘prodigium’ – something extraordinary, once interpreted as a sign from the gods – is the origin of the word ‘prodigy’</p>

Mea Culpa: Signs and wonders

<p>An underwater creature, happiest under water</p>

Mea Culpa: Advocating the proper use of verbs