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Copyediting Is about Three People
Copyediting is about much more than fixing dangling modifiers and knowing Chicago style by heart (although both of those are good too). It’s fundamentally about meeting the needs of three very...
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Beware of Zombie Quotes
More and more, I find unsubstantiated zombie quotes roaming the Internet, preying on careless authors. A zombie quote is a false quotation repeated so often and so prominently that people start to...
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What Is a Style Sheet?
In the world of digital publishing, style sheet is an ambiguous term. It originated in the print-publishing industry. A style guide (or stylebook) is a book that lists the important rules of...
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The Power of the Comma
Reuters editor, Tony Tharakan, sneaks a spurious comma into his post on how a comma allowed a Malaysian airline to sneak into the protectionist Indian market (h/t Grammar Girl). He invites readers to...
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How to Recognize a Zombie
Tom Woods writes about a documentary he tried to watch, but had to turn off after it opened with a fake quote (what we here at Invisible Order call a zombie quote) from Benjamin Franklin and a fake...
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the vagaries of eggcorns
Yesterday’s word of the day at Wiktionary.org was vaguery: I’ve never seen this word before. My spell checkers all reject it. When I look it up in my dictionary app, it isn’t there; not only that, but...
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Which e-reader is right for you?
Once you’ve read a few ebooks on the right handheld device, it’s very hard to go back to paper. But which is the right e-reader? The three most popular e-readers today are the iPad, Kindle, and Nook....
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Trello Rocks or How Trello Helps Me Organize Everything
This post is the first in a series about websites and apps that can help writers and editors get through their projects as easily and pleasantly as possible. Let me put it simply: I organize my life —...
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