I am in way over my head. I can do this! Just when I was starting feel so confident. It’s just gonna take some creative thinking! But I could use some help… The project It is a ten-page interactive PDF describing different types of plagiarism and includes multiple examples of how to properly cite variousContinue reading “Accessible PDFs Part 2: The Project in Progress”
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Editors Need Editing Too
Cover photo by Bruce Mars, People While most people think of copyeditors as judgmental, uptight, red-pen-wielding tyrants seeking too mark up an author’s art until it no longer resembles itself, that’s not true! A good copyeditor’s goal is to make the author’s work shine, not to attempt to overshine it with subjective and unnecessary style-preference changes. ManyContinue reading “Editors Need Editing Too”
Why Are We Still Hating Singular “They”?
Cover photo by Karolina of Kaboompics In 2018, I’m not really sure why singular “they” is still not acceptable in formal writing when it has been used for hundreds of years in spoken as well as written English with no one, save the occasional uptight pedant or haughty English teacher, batting an eye. Tom Freeman ofContinue reading “Why Are We Still Hating Singular “They”?”
Copyediting vs. Proofreading: What’s the Difference?
Cover photo by Karolina of Kaboompics Outside of the industry, confusion abounds regarding the terms copyediting and proofreading. Often they are used interchangeably, but they are two very different things. Copyediting is the term many people unfamiliar with the nuances of the industry are thinking of when they say “proofreading.” Copyediting is the process of Continue reading “Copyediting vs. Proofreading: What’s the Difference?”
12 More Irritating and Overused Expressions
While I love my job as an editor, there are days when every little thing annoys me—usually, that annoyance is with meaningless corporate jargon. I’ve seen the articles about words and phrases that just irritate the crap out of people, so I decided to compile my own list of hackneyed buzzwords. I’d like to prefaceContinue reading “12 More Irritating and Overused Expressions”
CMoS 10.32: “US” versus “United States”
In this new section of chapter 10 in the newly published 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, “US” may be used in regular running text in reference to the United States in both adjective and noun forms, “subject to editorial discretion and provided the meaning is clear from context.” Previous editions advised useContinue reading “CMoS 10.32: “US” versus “United States””
CMoS Will Release 17th Edition in September
As a subscriber through my job to the Chicago Manual of Style Online, I received an email announcing the release of the 17th edition this September. Some of the changes are discussed on their Shop Talk blog—among them the styling of website titles, new and expanded sections in the citation chapters, and—arguably the most anticipated—treatmentContinue reading “CMoS Will Release 17th Edition in September”
The Humble Pedant 