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Do I Have to Spell It Out for You? Acronyms & Initialisms

Do I Have to Spell It Out for You? Acronyms & Initialisms

Got acronyms? Here’s how to style them in your work, plus when to explain them and how.

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Make the Most of Spellcheck, Part 6

Grammar checking: troubled waters but big improvements for Word’s spellcheck. And now, with the introduction of “Editor” in Word 365 (2016), you can’t entirely turn

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Using the Grammatical Ellipse

Using the Grammatical Ellipse

“But you’re missing words!” “But everyone knows what they are.” It’s a legit grammatical structure. Why the grammatical ellipse works and how to use it,

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Punctuating Requests and Indirect Questions

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 command, request, or indirect question,

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Commas with Conjunctions are Canadian, Eh?

Commas with Conjunctions are Canadian, Eh?

Today, in my special Canadian, Eh? post for National Grammar Day, at Copyediting.com, I look at the role of commas when conjunctions join independent clauses.

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LOTW 5, 2015

LOTW 5, 2015

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

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LOTW 3, 2015

LOTW 3, 2015

Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: science of why a second monitor is the best ROI history of the

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LOTW Nov 15–21

LOTW Nov 15–21

This week’s roundup of internet stuff and things for publications and science types (with some nothing-but-fun thrown in for balance): why dangling modifiers aren’t a

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LOTW Nov 1–7

LOTW Nov 1–7

This week’s roundup of internet stuff for gangbangin’ publications playaz and science mofos:   a plea for science communication diagramming sentences 12-steps of editing resources

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Stop Quotation Mark Abuse with this Simple Test

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 @scieditor)   Photo by Quinn

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