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Training and information by and for copyeditors. Because editing matters. Social media editor: @PurplePenning
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Joined December 2008
Happy New Year! As of Jan. 1, Copyediting resources are now being fully transitioned to @copyeditors. Learn more: https://t.co/ITEwkOWMim. The Copyediting Twitter will still be updated occasionally, but for more news & info about the world of #editing, follow us @copyeditors.
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Ever have trouble keeping your gerunds and participles straight in your head? Or know someone who struggles with these? Jonathon Owen of @Copyediting is here to help: https://t.co/UMpgmuS3IZ
#gerunds #participles #amediting
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We find that we stickle far more for writing and for pay than we do for speaking and for free. How about you? 🙂
In the holiday spirit, we’re skipping the “Chicago Style Workout” this month in favor of some fun. Measure your “peever profile” in our grammar-stickler quiz:
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How can you help clients see your fees as reasonable? @KOKEdit helps you educate your clients about editing so you can receive the fees you need:
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This is a fun and intriguing read about how "Word of the Year" became a thing!
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"This is no stuffy, academic textbook. Dreyer’s personality and wit permeate the text…But beyond the joy of reading it, what’s more important is that it’s full of useful information." @4ndyman reviews "Dreyer's English" by @BCDreyer: https://t.co/9de4qPl5VM
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Thanks to this article from @4ndyman, I now know that those pine needles I've been stepping on all week are actually fir needles: https://t.co/bhZbgc2Odu <adjusts mild yuletide cursing accordingly>
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🎉 It's our 10-year Twitter anniversary! 🎉 Thanks for the decade of delightful word-nerdery and serious editing discussions, friends!
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Jonathon Owen (@ArrantPedantry) has some good news for you about gerunds and participles. They aren't as hard to keep straight as some think they are!
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Thanks to @Copyediting and @copyeditors for a great post-presentation Q&A today! If you missed today's webinar on editing translations, the recording will be up for sale soon at https://t.co/6HephYYEnb.
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Last call! Registration closes tonight!
This week! @GreyEditing helps you add a new dimension to your editing business: working with translated text! Can't make the live class on Thursday? You can listen to the recording whenever, wherever, and as often as you'd like. Sign up now: https://t.co/ULFXqXyj7X
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Part of the copyeditor’s job is helping readers understand what writers are trying to say, so a more important question than “what does this word really mean?” is “what will readers understand when they read this word?” @4ndyman on word histories:
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Working from home can get a little crowded during the holidays, with curious pets and kids pawing at your keyboard. @PurplePenning found some creative solutions to protect your work from mischievous marauders. Here's part 1: https://t.co/W9EAPnuhoT
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Excellent, free #resource to help you expand your perspective and representation. Find "language and content editors, sensitivity readers, proofreaders, and other editorial professionals from underrrepresented communities and cultures" AND a database of other diverse databases:
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This week! @GreyEditing helps you add a new dimension to your editing business: working with translated text! Can't make the live class on Thursday? You can listen to the recording whenever, wherever, and as often as you'd like. Sign up now: https://t.co/ULFXqXyj7X
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Sarah Grey charts the ins and outs of editing translated text, including localized, transcreated, and monolingual texts with large foreign-language lexicons. Join her @Copyediting master class, 'Editing Translations', on 13 December 2018. @GreyEditing
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