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10 Ways to Word a Sensitive Query

“Really, again?” “How is this even possible?” “Huh?” Reblogged at ACES, we look at wording editors can use to soften their exasperation and

“Is that you?” Maggie Secara often gets asked. “Yeah, that’s me,” she says. “What can I say? I’ve never been

Check out the newer version of this post. When an editor spots words that her writer didn’t write, she needs

Editors are in the solution business. When the boss or client complains that there are errors in the manuscript, how

There’s a factual flub in the copy. Today, find tips on how to query factual errors without insulting the writer,

Having to answer to an untrained critic is one of the most ire-inducing things an editor can be asked to

Open multiple views into a single document. I show you how today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Works in Word,

by Rita Vanden Heuvel for dameditors. Reposted here with permission and covered under this site’s © license Writers of safety

This macro flags problem words in the MS. My favourite part of the Copyediting Newsletter treatment of my latest “Technically Speaking” column

How to attune your ear to an author’s voice so that you can preserve it while you edit. (link to my post on ACES)