Entries by Damian Scattergood
Unicode Conversion UTF-8 UTF-16
Ever damaged a string in your code and need to covert or escape it? There is a great tool that will do the job: a handy unicode conversion tool on GitHub.
Misplaced modifiers, dangly bits
Misplaced Modifiers Dangling modifiers aka misplaced modifiers are all expressions that grammarians toss into the conversation on purpose to confuse and embarrass the rest of us. So what do they mean? Consider this sentence: walking down the high street, the new shoe shop caught her eye. We all probably know what is meant, but grammatically […]