31 May 2024
This made me LOL while reading @EstelleSErasmus book, Writing That Gets Noticed: "The road to hell is paved with adverbs." --Stephen King #editing #editorhumor #WritingCommmunity #writersoftwitter #writingadvice
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27 Jul 2022
This is my yearly reminder that the word you seek is “discomfort” not “uncomfortability.”
#editorhumor #writingtips #humor #funny #AcademicTwitter
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20 Jul 2022
It always makes me giggle when people misspell Rogue gym equipment “Rouge.” It’s the little joys. #editorhumor
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9 Oct 2021
Editing a project where the client style guide is against Oxford (serial) commas. It has been an exercise in frustration since a good 20% of sentences *should* have them given the nature of the writing. Joked to a writer friend that the clients were serial killers. #EditorHumor
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25 Dec 2020
A neck gator? If it doesn't bite you it's one well-trained reptile, though perhaps you should consider a leather neck gaiter, just in case...
#Editorhumor
6 Oct 2020
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2 Apr 2020
Out of an abundance of caution, both #MLA and #CMOS manuals are re-instituting the “two spaces in between each sentence” to emphasize social distancing. Please be safe out there.
#amediting #socialdistancing #chicagomanualofstyle #editorhumor #humor #writingcommunity
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19 Dec 2019
*reading a course description for a class on essential oils*
Husband: What’s an essential oil, anyway?
Me: An oil without commas around it.
#editorhumor
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22 Nov 2019
#NYWC19 tip:
Find @RickSkip at the Group booth and ask if you can take a selfie. When he says yes, just take one of yourself in front of him, nod and say, "Thanks."
#EditorHumor
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21 Nov 2019
Quitting my job as an editor to open a pretzel shop. Gonna call it Stetzels.
I'll see myself out.
#editorhumor #amediting
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13 Jun 2019
How about when a co-worker asks, "Did pilgrims used to mix up the difference between 'your' and 'you're' in the days of the mimeograph machine?" #EditorHumor #TimelessNewsroomTradition
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Thank you, @cemcostello, for creating this. #amediting #punctuation #dash #editorhumor #amproofreading
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20 Jun 2018
This week, in #SimpleMarkup, Edie starts a seemingly innocent discussion in an editors' group. #lol #comics #editors #editing #editorhumor #microsoftword #editorslife
Blog post: buff.ly/2MFKRSd
Archive: buff.ly/2pcyIZX
Store: buff.ly/2IrILmi
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27 Apr 2018
Now's a great time for writers and editors to pull up #ACES2018 and #ACESAPStyle, as @APStylebook finishes its annual update/discussion style session at the @copyeditors conference. Plus, word nerds, get your #EditorHumor fix.
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