PROOFREADER’S HAYSTACK
Proofreading in Haystacks When you learn to proofread there are quite a few misconceptions which have to be jettisoned. All these are dealt with fully in the proofreading and copy-editing [...]
PROOFREADING NONSENSE
Learning to Proofread When asked why they want to proofread, many students say that they love books and would like to do a job which keeps them in close contact [...]
EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES! (EVEN PROOFREADERS.)
Spot Our Errors Proofreading Challenge Well, we've just been updating our website! A little more contemporary than the old one we had for a bit too long, and a considerable improvement on [...]
LOVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?
Love English language? Do you love the English language, love finding the derivation of words? Then buy David Crystal's Words in Time and Place, published by Oxford University Press. Historical [...]
FRIABLE
Today's small, simple, but deceptive word is friable. It does not mean a piece of streaky bacon or a sausage, something you put in a pan with a little fat. [...]
A Word for Editors: SHIBBOLETH
(Editors, authors and proofreaders please note that shibboleth has a double b.) A Deadly Word Good Old Days? Is this the most lethal word ever coined? According to The Bible shibboleth [...]