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Category: copy editing
Verifying Canadian Plant Names
Today on the Copyediting.com blog, I look at a resource for checking Canadian plant names. Whether you’re checking facts in an
Recipe Editing Tips
Over on the Copyediting.com “Canadian Eh?” blog today I continue my look at the only market in which you can
Tasty Editing: Working in Nom-nom Markets
Best thing about editing food topics? Eating your training. That advice and more from two of Canada’s food writing experts,
How to column on Copyediting.com (keyboard shortcuts for selecting text)
Today I start writing another weekly column at Copyediting.com. It covers tech tips to make your editing more efficient, effective,
5 Tips for Editing Your Own Work
Five brain hacks for tricking yourself into seeing text with fresh eyes are covered in this episode, an adaptation of
Simperial volume
Simperial volume, today, on the Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. This is the second half of last week’s podcast, in print
Simperial Spring Cupcakes
I think some Canadians hold tight to Fahrenheit temperatures because it lets them say it’s been above zero for a
Simperial weights — converting units of measure in Canada
Though I’d much rather announce “I weigh 70 kg,” metric hasn’t entirely stuck in Canada. We use a simperial system that I’ve
Grammar comedy, Scrivener, and other links this week
Grammar LOL Listen to the very funny Craig Fay’s take on the tedious grammatical choice of using former and later.