ABSTRACT

Were this section on trial in a Scottish court, I’m fairly sure the jury would return that celebrated Caledonian verdict not proven. How best to use which and that seems to depend not only on which authority you consult but which country you happen to be in. And wherever you are, treat computer software with caution. Unlike dictionaries, computers have a tendency to bully you with their suddenly hectoring messages; try to ignore such bossiness, not least because

Computer software is only as reliable or ‘right’ as the human beings who designed and wrote it, and your own judgement and knowledge matter just as much if not more. Once you assume the computer can do your thinking for you, you are in big trouble.