How to work with URLs in your copy
One of the things I do when I'm copy editing bibliographies or reference lists is clean up the URLs. (In case you're not sure, the URL is...
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Sweating the small stuff
"The NSA, CIA, and FBI worked together to catch the killer." Does this sentence seem right to you? Would you have inserted a "the" before...
A riddle for you
Q: What takes a lifetime to build, but can be lost with a single typo? A: Credibility. Credibility is the single most important asset you...
I wish I had a Grammar Genie...
Long time no blog. I call my business Magic Wand Editing, but if I had my druthers, it wouldn't be a magic wand I called upon, it'd be a...
The one thing you should never, EVER say to your copy editor
You have a document for copy edit. It's a long one. A report, a review, a proposal. You've worked hard on it. It's been reviewed and...
The sub-sub-sub basement
You ever read a sentence and, once you get to the end, you can't remember where you started? They can make you crazy as a reader, but for...
The singular they: when's it okay?
It's by far the biggest news this month in copy editing circles: The AP stylebook, bastion of contemporary usage and news-appropriate...
Living in a parallel world
This blog is called “Beyond the Oxford Comma.” I call it that because I’m not going to waste time arguing one side or the other of this...
Things Your Copy Editor Thinks About (so you don't have to)
I talked in a previous post about how you deserve a copy editor who will make your work the best it can be. But a copy editor doesn't...
Everybody Needs a Copy Editor
How many typos have you laughed at on Facebook? They're funny until they come from you or your company. If you're writing something down...
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