Clinterest · @clintn
70 followers · 490 posts · Server mas.to

Can ewe spot the mistake?

#copyediting

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SpaceHistory, etc · @rlpaulprodn
411 followers · 1078 posts · Server mstdn.social

@Artemis201 Or we could ask the editor, except I think there wasn’t one.

#copyediting #summerinterns

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Stan Carey · @stancarey
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Rachel Lapidow · @Editrix_Rachel
503 followers · 941 posts · Server mstdn.social

I think the collective noun for a group of copyeditors should be a correction.

#copyediting #amediting

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Rachel Lapidow · @Editrix_Rachel
503 followers · 941 posts · Server mstdn.social

I think the collective noun for a group of copyeditors should be a correction.

#copyediting #amediting

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Alexis Miller · @Alexis_WordsUnbound
312 followers · 353 posts · Server writing.exchange

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." 😅)

#copyediting #amediting

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Rachel Lapidow · @Editrix_Rachel
491 followers · 907 posts · Server mstdn.social

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.

#proofreading #copyediting #amediting

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Journey 2 Diversity :verified: · @j2dw
183 followers · 487 posts · Server publicgood.social
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1216 followers · 907 posts · Server mastodon.ie

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:
stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/0

#grammar #copyediting #editing #proofreading #writing #editorsofmastodon

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Paula Clarke Bain · @pc_bain
688 followers · 376 posts · Server toot.wales

Looking for editorial professionals on Mastodon?

For editors, see and @edibuddies @stetwalk.

For proofreaders, see .

For book indexers, see and .

Editors, indexers, proofreaders (ACES/CIEP/EFA/SI etc.), please say hello below. Then I’ll keep this toot pinned to help find each other. 🤓

#amediting #copyediting #developmentalediting #Edibuddies #editing #editorsofmastodon #stetwalk #amproofreading #proofreading #amindexing #indexing #Indexodon

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Stan Carey · @stancarey
1210 followers · 899 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Curious about a style item I saw in a book this week. Would you prefer "Me Too" or "" in reference to the movement?

#metoo #writing #writingcommunity #reading #editing #copyediting #editor #writingstyle #englishusage

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Clinterest · @clintn
63 followers · 448 posts · Server mas.to

Poor guy—just when things were looking up!

#copyediting

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Joshua Neds-Fox · @jnonfiction
116 followers · 563 posts · Server social.coop

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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Journey 2 Diversity :verified: · @j2dw
174 followers · 465 posts · Server publicgood.social
Journey 2 Diversity :verified: · @j2dw
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Stan Carey · @stancarey
1134 followers · 742 posts · Server mastodon.ie

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

#amediting #editing #copyediting #EditingTips #writing #writingcommunity #abstraction #plainlanguage #acwri

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V. West · @anotherwest
56 followers · 427 posts · Server ohai.social

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.)

#copyediting #michigan #neighbors

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V. West · @anotherwest
56 followers · 420 posts · Server ohai.social

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.

. . .

:blobcatscream:

#copyediting

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Alexis Miller · @Alexis_WordsUnbound
276 followers · 297 posts · Server writing.exchange

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!)

#amediting #edibuddies #copyediting

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Stan Carey · @stancarey
1074 followers · 716 posts · Server mastodon.ie

"…a significantly major problem with a lot of different individual problematic components"

Let's just call it "a complex problem"

#amediting #editing #copyediting #plainlanguage

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