And so one of the first proofreading marks was born. #editing #proofing #subediting
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Fortunately I don't know anyone who does this.
It would make me twitch like Commissioner Dreyfuss in the Pink Panther films, much as I do when people mix up "me" and "I" and say things like "Bob and me are going to the shop." #grammar #language #words #subediting #editing #writing
xkcd.com/3143/
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Guardian Style Guide reads: basically this word is unnecessary, basically
If it's Friday, it must be Guardian Style Guide time! 👇
Pithy 😁
#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #editing #AmEditing #subediting #StyleGuides #journalism #newspapers #edibuddies #humour #funny #FridayFunny
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The Guardian Style Guide reads: brilliant "a word applied indiscriminately by the Guardian to anything new, no matter how ordinary” (2010 tweet from a reader)
It's Friday, so more excellent shade from the Guardian Style Guide 👇
#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #editing #AmEditing #subediting #StyleGuides #journalism #newspapers #edibuddies #humour #funny #FridayFunny
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Guardian Style Guide reads: Blackpool Pleasure Beach a giant funfair, not a beach, so do not illustrate with a picture of donkeys on the sand
It's Friday, so we're back with more wit from the Guardian Style Guide 👇
#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #editing #AmEditing #subediting #StyleGuides #journalism #newspapers #edibuddies #humour #funny #FridayFunny
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Meta's decision to abandon independent fact-checking is worrying ❌
If you're concerned, here's what professional editors do to ensure content is accurate, verifiable and trustworthy 👇
#Meta #disinformation #FactChecking #editing #WritingCommunity #journalism #writing #editing #subediting #FakeNews
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Guardian Style Guide reads: alice band as worn by Alice in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) and more recently David Beckham
It's Friday, so time for more delectation from the Guardian Style Guide 👇
#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #editing #AmEditing #subediting #StyleGuides #journalism #newspapers #edibuddies #humour #funny #FridayFunny
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Guardian Style Guide reads: call girl like "vice girl", an old-fashioned term encountered only in the tabloids, where it is always the 1950s
The Guardian Style Guide just keeps giving 👇
#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #editing #AmEditing #subediting #StyleGuides #journalism #newspapers #edibuddies #humour #funny #FridayFunny
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Guardian Style Guide text reads: cartel It is dangerous to call a group of companies a cartel unless you want to hear from ... Carter-Ruck You might think that, given this law firm's close relationship with newspapers, everyone would know that it's hyphenated. You would, sadly, be wrong
Just for Friday, yet another delicious entry from the Guardian Style Guide 👇
#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #editing #AmEditing #subediting #StyleGuides #journalism #newspapers #edibuddies #humour #funny #FridayFunny
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Guardian Style guide on: 'cannabis' people smoke cannabis rather than "experiment" with it, despite what politicians and young members of the royal family might claim
As it's Friday, another gem from the Guardian Style Guide 😁
#writing #editing #edibuddies #StyleGuide #journalism #subediting #funny #humour
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Guardian Style Guide text reads: 'canal boat' 'The difference between narrowboat and barge is important, particularly if you don't want to get stuck in a narrow lock somewhere outside Birmingham'
If only all style guides were like The Guardian's 😁
#writing #editing #edibuddies #AmWriting #AmEditing #subediting #journalism #newspapers #StyleGuides #humour #funny #weekend
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