@Artemis201 Or we could ask the editor, except I think there wasn’t one. #SummerInterns #CopyEditing
What's your preferred style for this word?
If you're not sure, you may find this analysis helpful: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/
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I think the collective noun for a group of copyeditors should be a correction.
I think the collective noun for a group of copyeditors should be a correction.
I have surprisingly strong feelings about when numbers should be expressed as numerals.
Okay, it's not actually surprising. I'm an editor. I'm supposed to care "too much" about these things.
(I spotted something along the lines of "episode nine" and wanted desperately to change it to "episode 9" in accordance with CMOS. My reaction was so strong, you'd think I'd caught someone using the wrong "its." 😅)
I feel bad for the proofreaders of metal bands. I come across hard-to-read typefaces somewhat regularly, but nothing like what metal bands use for their logos.
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One of the most common errors I fix when editing is known as false attraction, a form of subject–verb disagreement
Here's an example of what I mean, in a recent (and well-written) article in The Atlantic: "Research into such conditions are grossly underfunded"
A post on why it happens and some of the forms it takes:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/grammatical-disagreement-through-false-attraction/
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Curious about a style item I saw in a book this week. Would you prefer "Me Too" or "#MeToo" in reference to the movement?
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Noticing really basic copyediting errors in NPR stories in writing which look like speech-to-text artifacts that didn’t get a second pass review by a real live person. #npr #copyediting #ai
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A lot of writing, especially academic writing, is mired in abstraction that can be avoided by finding the real verb. For example:
Discussion of X took place → X was discussed
We carried out measurement of Y → We measured Y
It demonstrates close alignment with Z → It aligns closely with Z
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Current queue:
Journal articles: 3
Newsletter articles: 0
TWC articles: 1
I briefly transformed into a responsible person and returned 3 newsletter articles then mowed the lawn. One more newsletter article to go, I'm told.
The saga continues:
"I got weed, dad! Do you want some weed?!"
"What?"
"WEED! Marijuana! DO YOU WANT SOME?"
"Yeah, yeah, OK, sure."
(A few months back, the town at long last allowed pot shops to open.)
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Author: Decries lack of scholarship on right-wing and white supremacist fandoms.
Me: Can't be that rare? I copyedited some of that stuff on the reference list.
. . .
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I've probably said this before, but footnotes in copyediting-related books make me happy. Especially since those footnotes are often humorous.
We copyeditors are big fans of nuance, and it shows. 🤓
(I have "Dreyer's English," "The Copyeditor's Handbook," "The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction," and two other books out as I compare opinions on certain conventions. It's fun!)
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"…a significantly major problem with a lot of different individual problematic components"
Let's just call it "a complex problem"
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