Picks from the interwebs this week for my word-nerd peeps.
Year: 2015
Punctuating Requests and Indirect Questions
Question marks can be optional, eh? The Canadian Style (guide) shows us that sometimes questioning words are actually forming a
Interview with a TV (Copy) Editor
Today, in my extra post at Copyediting.com, I speak with Duncan McKenzie who edits words in TV and puzzles.
LOTW 11, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word-nerd peeps.
Interview with a Custom eNewsletter Editor
Cranking out 25 custom e-newsletters is the weekly job of Canadian editor Katherine Radin (pictured) over at MultiView Canada. Today,
Find a Mentor to Boost Your Career Beyond Mid- or Sr Editor
Models of mentoring that will help you learn and develop your editing career from new- or mid- or even senior-level. Today,
LOTW 10, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word-nerd peeps. The interwebs seem to have slowed down because of the
Commas with Conjunctions are Canadian, Eh?
Today, in my special Canadian, Eh? post for National Grammar Day, at Copyediting.com, I look at the role of commas
Use Teaching as Professional Development
“If you want to know something well, teach it to someone else,” the saying goes. Today, in my How To column at
Freedom to Read Begins with Access
“There is no freedom to read if you can’t afford to buy books to read,” Laura May said in explaining