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Tag: Editing

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022

Rule 17: Omit Needless Words

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One of the grandparents of writing guides is The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White (of […]

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November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Cleaning Out the Jargon

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If you’re writing for industry, you can find yourself using specialized terms which generally mean something only to people familiar […]

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October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Common Punctuation Mistakes

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A quick and handy list of common punctuation mistakes, and the correct versions: dashes and hyphens A hyphen is used […]

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October 8, 2021October 20, 2021

Editing symbols

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When you as a client hand over your precious text to an editor, the editor will read it over and […]

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