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Category Archives: Writer
SITW: calve muscles
In an exercise manual that I am editing, the author refers to “calve muscles”, which would be nowhere near your calves (plural of calf). I personally have not “calved” in almost 15 years and plan not to do it again … Continue reading
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Another year
Today is our 19th wedding anniversary. We commit one year at a time and have agreed to enjoy our life together for another year (at least). Each year recently this has made us smile, but in tough times (and we … Continue reading
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Should Headings Be Capitalized?
As is often the case in writing and editing, the answer is: it depends. Capitalization of headings is essentially a style issue. There was a time when some amount of capitalization in headings was expected, but that is no longer … Continue reading
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Fantastic New Resources
I know that these are not new to everyone, but there were new to me fairly recently. TERMIUM, the Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank, is a fantastic language tool for finding just the right word, using the … Continue reading
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Mixing up similar words
When editing or proofreading a document, unfortunately, it is far too easy to miss incidents of similar words getting mixed up. Emphatically, empathically and empathetically seem so similar when reading silently that I totally missed the errors the first couple … Continue reading
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SITW: An interesting editing combo
Editors and Writers have broad skill sets and interests and come from hugely varied backgrounds. Continue reading
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A classic: it’s versus its
I think the confusion arises from the ‘s used to make possesive nouns. Continue reading
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What is collaborative writing?
Collaborative writing can be defined as one person working interactively with one or more person and drafting a document based on the ideas of the person or persons. Continue reading
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Hyphenation: thirty odd people
“Is anal retentive hyphenated?”
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