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In the holiday spirit, we’re skipping the “Chicago Style Workout” this month in favor of some fun. Measure your “peever profile” in our grammar-stickler quiz: cmosshoptalk.com/2018/12/20/…
How can you help clients see your fees as reasonable? @KOKEdit helps you educate your clients about editing so you can receive the fees you need: copyediting.com/making-the-c…
"This is no stuffy, academic textbook. Dreyer’s personality and wit permeate the text…But beyond the joy of reading it, what’s more important is that it’s full of useful information." @4ndyman reviews "Dreyer's English" by @BCDreyer: copyediting.com/book-review-…
Thanks to this article from @4ndyman, I now know that those pine needles I've been stepping on all week are actually fir needles: copyediting.com/a-pine-is-no…
<adjusts mild yuletide cursing accordingly>
Jonathon Owen (@ArrantPedantry) has some good news for you about gerunds and participles. They aren't as hard to keep straight as some think they are! copyediting.com/gerunds-and-…
This week! @GreyEditing helps you add a new dimension to your editing business: working with translated text! Can't make the live class on Thursday? You can listen to the recording whenever, wherever, and as often as you'd like. Sign up now: copyediting.com/product/audi…
Part of the copyeditor’s job is helping readers understand what writers are trying to say, so a more important question than “what does this word really mean?” is “what will readers understand when they read this word?” @4ndyman on word histories: copyediting.com/decimating-t…
Working from home can get a little crowded during the holidays, with curious pets and kids pawing at your keyboard. @PurplePenning found some creative solutions to protect your work from mischievous marauders. Here's part 1: copyediting.com/freelancers-…
Excellent, free #resource to help you expand your perspective and representation. Find "language and content editors, sensitivity readers, proofreaders, and other editorial professionals from underrrepresented communities and cultures" AND a database of other diverse databases:
This week! @GreyEditing helps you add a new dimension to your editing business: working with translated text! Can't make the live class on Thursday? You can listen to the recording whenever, wherever, and as often as you'd like. Sign up now: copyediting.com/product/audi…
Sarah Grey charts the ins and outs of editing translated text, including localized, transcreated, and monolingual texts with large foreign-language lexicons. Join her @Copyediting master class, 'Editing Translations', on 13 December 2018. @GreyEditingow.ly/sExE30mT782