A Day—and a Book—Devoted to Grammar
Now that it’s been a couple of months since New Year’s, have you given up your grammar resolutions? Well, fortunately, there’s another holiday to get you back on track: National Grammar Day is here!...
View ArticleProduct Review: The "Perfect" Editing Software
In this technological day and age, most professions are benefiting from software developments that help people do their jobs. Not so much for editors … Our biggest advancement in recent years has been...
View ArticleBook Review: The Query Queen Holds Court
So you’ve got a great article about why chinchillas make the perfect house pet. Or an idea for a biography about M. F. Chapman, the man responsible for domesticating the chinchilla. (It’s actually a...
View ArticleBook Review: Back to Basics with Booher
Sometimes we editors are accused of being nitpicky. We’re busy debating whether it’s really OK to use “alright” instead of “all right” while other people are thinking, “So what?” Well, that’s our job....
View ArticleBook Review: Grammar Girl—The Print Edition
You’ve heard her podcast. You’ve seen her on Oprah. You’ve downloaded her audiobook. Now you can add the first printed book from Mignon Fogarty (a.k.a. Grammar Girl) to your reference shelf. To the...
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