I feel I have to get this off my chest - why has the word 'affected' become redundant and replaced with the seriously overused and hateful 'impacted'? I know there was always a problem with people confusing 'affect' and 'effect' but in old newspaper speak, impact was really only used when being hit by a car. Rant over, thank you for listening.

#English #language #subeditor #editor #impacted #impact #newspapers #journalism

Someone needs to sack the #subeditor.

"Windows 10 ... slowly losing users to ... Windows 11" and "Windows 11 continues to inch forward" does not constitute "flocking".

#Sensational #headlines damage credibility.

@jeffjarvis @thurrott @leo #PCgaming #MicrosoftWindows #DigitalTrends

When you’re a #Stay but also a #journalist, #editor and #subeditor, you start thinking about questions like:

Is it #StrayKids’ or #StrayKids’s?

This is very important for reasons

Most satisfying thing about Mastadon is that the day after I arrived they added an "edit" button on that three-dot menu under my posts. I don't write as much as I edit myself. #editor #copyeditor #subeditor #stylebook #typos