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How & Why to Create a House Style

Bigger than a style sheet, and specific to your business or organization, a house style is what you need!

Sometimes the words just don’t fit. Here are some easier ways to cut words after layout.

At a desk job like copyediting, what could possibly be dangerous besides the health effects of sitting all day? Well, not nothing!

The goal is to offer minimal interventions to bring a piece of writing to the next stage. But how can you learn to edit with a lighter hand?

The Typographic Oath was suggested by senior editor Erin Brenner as a guiding principle of editing ethics.* Her second point

What to do when you discover someone else’s content used without credit.

In this edition of Editor Vs AI, I try to use ChatGPT-4 to write a wildcard search, and it does

Earlier this month, ChatGPT-4 was released. That represented an overhaul and massive expansion of the AI’s training set. The previous

Can the AIs pass the Chicago Style Workout? One comes close!

Need to use the TM, R, C, or C symbols? Find the shortcuts here AND the reason why you probably DON’T need them.