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It’s about More Than –our, Eh? Canadian Spelling Update

Author of the latest guide to Canadian spelling, Elizabeth d’Anjou, talks to me today about what she found out when

Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: going freelance mid-career (case studies) sentence diagraming guide

Announcement of the updated guide to Editing Canadian English (ECE3) today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. The guide is

Italicizing ballet terms because they’re French? Oh no, you don’t! Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.

Is Canadian Press’ Caps and Spelling guide the last standing curator of our national spelling style? A brief look at

How do you use a ruler when editing? I list 8 uses for rulers at (not of) the editing desk, today

Capitalization is probably second only to spelling as a source of confusion and ambivalence for Canadian editors. — Editing Canadian English

I just discovered something so simple and effective that my jaw literally dropped. To proof file names (or create a

The thing that is hard for some of us (editors) to accept is that some of the things that drive

Changing the background colour of your document can trick your brain into seeing the words in a whole new way.