“THAT” — LEARN TO COPY-EDIT
Don't be Shy of That When we first learn to copy-edit we want to prove that we are awake and on the case. We may be tempted to tinker just to [...]
PROOFREADING CHALLENGE
Learning to Proofread When we learn to proofread or to copy-edit, the best practice is to pore over newspapers and websites looking for errors and marking them appropriately using the [...]
GHOST TO PUBLISHER
Infant Lawyer I never planned to be a publisher. It was accidental. At school and university the world of proofreading, copy-editing and printing was confined to editing the school magazine. [...]
DRY OUT: LEARN TO PROOFREAD
Proofreaders' Worst Word? There are plenty of evil words out there designed to trip us up when we learn to proofread or copy-edit. We have to develop an unashamed dictionary [...]
RECONDITE
Copy-editors and proofreaders need to develop a wide vocabulary. They should be fascinated by words and language. If you are not hooked on words, the life of a proofreader or [...]
QUANTITATIVE / QUANTITIVE
Proofreaders Beware Of course, as a person who may want to learn to proofread or learn to copy-edit you will have immediately spotted the difference between the words in the title. [...]
LEARN TO PROOFREAD AND COPY-EDIT
Traps for Proofreaders and Copy-editors We think we know what we mean by standard English. If pushed we will waffle our way to a definition and talk about BBC English, [...]
POETRY NOTEBOOK
Writing Poetry Editing Poetry Proofreading [...]
LITTLE COPY-EDITING TEST
....APPLIES TO PROOFREADING, TOO Earning Money from Writing Earning money from writing is exquisitely difficult. By this I mean that those who follow careers as authors suffer a high intensity [...]
SORT-AFTER PROOFREADERS
Homophones Now, I reckon that estate agents are no worse or better than any other group of professionals. They get a bad press just like journalists and politicians. And, let [...]