Tattoos Trouble

Is Everyone Getting Their Tattoos Removed?

Carrie Battan | GQ | 24th April 2025

The vivid opening of this piece speaks for itself: "The worst part of getting a tattoo removed, apart from the searing pain and the two-year commitment, is the sound the laser makes as it hits your skin: a violent, unnatural popping and crackling that could soundtrack an animated video of someone being electrocuted... It feels as if your body is a stretch of New York City sidewalk being torn into by a torch" (4,600 words)

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The Trouble With Dangling Modifiers

Stan Carey | Sentence First | 6th May 2025

Grammar experts deplore them, but must we always avoid dangling modifiers? Sentences like "While replying to your email, the doorbell rang" are technically incorrect but surely harmless. Most examples seem "ambiguous only with a feat of imagination", or to those looking for misreadings. A common remedy is to use the passive voice instead — which many grammarians also hate (1,500 words)