Category: Trade Talk
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Readers Over Rules
The code is more what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules. Captain Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl While I wouldn’t choose captain Barbossa as a mentor, in the case of grammar rules, he is somewhat, mostly right. Sometimes some rules just don’t matter. Don’t believe me? The Chicago Manual of…
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Pesky Commas and Comparisons
My most egregious novice editing sin was the overuse of commas. To be honest many editors and other literature aficionados have varying opinions about commas in some situations, like wether to use the Oxford (serial) comma or to place a comma before the word too. So, some of the items on this list might be my…
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My Must-Have Resources
Back in 2018, I dabbled in freelance editing and writing—and I continued to dabble well into 2021. But I always had a steady, part-time job to provide some baseline measure of security. If I’m honest, fear held me back from diving fully into the freelance world. Truthfully, it’s not always an easy world to be…
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