The thorny world of hyphens in Canada: today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.
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Canadianizing Texts
This post has been fixed now. A glitch in the system caused it to disappear from the host site. Canadianization
Use Word’s Outline View to Check Document Flow
Do you follow that editing principle of “parading your topic sentences”? Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, learn about Word’s
Word Tool to Check Document Structure
Visualize the structure of a complex document and navigate it too, using Word’s Document Map Pane. I explain how, today,
Public Service Commission Style Guide
Take a glimpse at one of the freely available Canadian style guidesToday, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. Read select
Editing the Visuals, with ECE Editors
Sign up to receive notification of my fall 2016 online course in editing visuals. How are the word specialists (editors)
Graph Guidelines
Graphs can quickly convey relationships and trends between and among data in ways that a data table or text narrative
Editing Visual Components
Updated correlation to professional standards, 6 May 2024 • Added alt text guide Jan 2025 Visuals aren’t just those pretty
Canadian Punctuation with Periods, Eh?
Full stop, point, period, dot, or not—using punctuation the Canadian way. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.
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