Feb 12, 2019 |
Feb 9, 2019 |
Hyphen: Hotel check-in time is 3:00 p.m.En dash: Tonight's dinner is 6:00–8:30.Em dash: Barry hasn't seen the new Aquaman movie—yet. Three different lengths. Three different functions. — The Grammar Geek (@The_GrammarGeek) February 8,...
Jan 8, 2019 |
Satire https://babylonbee.com/news/defective-bible-omits-mention-america
Jan 8, 2019 |
Useful for some editors and fiction authors. Trigger warning: graphic obscenities.https://www.indy100.com/article/british-swear-words-ranked-ofcom-7340446
Dec 11, 2018 |
Authors respect and appreciate editors and copyeditors more when they show knowledge in a particular subject category or editorial niche. Mine is biblical studies.https://www.copyediting.com/add-value-with-niche-knowledge/#.XA6ojWhKjic
Dec 11, 2018 |
I struggle with the lay/lie distinction, and I’m an editor. But language changes and this distinction is disappearing. Even if I could remember it, but as John E. McIntyre says in this article, “I am increasingly sure that it is not a hill I care to die...
Nov 23, 2018 |
https://theconversation.com/bibliotherapy-how-reading-and-writing-have-been-healing-trauma-since-world-war-i-106626 Essential to know considering how many libraries here in the United States and in Great Britain are being threatened with reduced services or...
Oct 25, 2018 |
Correcting Editing Misconceptions: A Day in the Life of a Freelance...
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