A simple test for the most exciting punctuation, today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. This is a retake on my
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The Art of the Upsell: Elevate your sales using three-tier pricing
How to put “Would you like fries with that?” to work in your business without feeling like a fast-food clerk.
Capital Style in Canada
Anarchy! Aesthetics, tradition, and readership all cited as legitimate factors in capitalization style. Have the Canadians lost it? Today, in my Canadian,
Does editing matter?
Do typos hurt sales? Are the potential losses worth the cost of editing? A colleague recently called for a defensible
Checklist for Editing, Canadian Style
The Canadian Style says a checklist “will help you to cover all pertinent facets of the writing process and to
How to Handle a Crying Author
I say, “There is a reader for every writer.” And it’s true. That reader might be your mom, but
6 New Honorary Certified Professional Editors
Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I recognize six members of EAC who recently got honorary certification for
When Lives Depend on the Words
How to deal with the emotional and legal risks of working on words that could save, or cost, or
Stop Quotation Mark Abuse with this Simple Test
Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I reprise and expand my advice on scare quotes. (Tweet this post by
Ten Signs of “Lifted” Text
Ten telltales that will alert you to the need to “freshen up” some of the prose, or seek out the proper citation and permissions, or at least clean up the formatting.