Tag: Editing

• 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…

  Stephanie Cross

  April 20, 2023

  Encouragement for Writers, Trade Talk

  But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"?, Chicago Manual of Style, CMOS, Editing, freelance, Grammar rules, resources, style guides, Writing

• 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…

  Stephanie Cross

  August 16, 2022

  Trade Talk

  Comma with and, comma with but, comma with comparative phrases, comma with not, comma with too, Commas, Comparisons, Editing, Grammar rules, Tips for Writers and Editors, Writing