“In order to” is a phrase copyeditors love to delete. But should we?
Learning to Manage Your Work Tasks
Learn to manage your tasks instead of letting them manage you.
When Your Work Tasks Manage You
No matter how carefully you plan your day, sometimes the universe just takes over.
Work Smarter: Tools for Copyeditors
InDesign for editing? Chronodexes for planning your day? Some unusual tools editors are using to manage their work and lives. Which will work for you?
Rewriting the Zombies: Split Infinitives
Boldly go where grammar peevers don’t want you to go! Splitting verb phrases and infinite verbs is perfectly grammatical in English.
Rewriting the Zombies: “Hopefully”
Don’t start a sentence with “hopefully”? Hopefully, you’ll read this article and learn why you can.
Black and White: When Should We Capitalize?
Language changes with use. Who’s capping “Black” and “White”? How can editors decide which style to follow? Read on to find out.
Rewriting the Zombies: “None”
A few grammar peevers will insist that “none” means “not one” and must take a singular verb. But there’s more to the story.
Agreeing to Disagree: Why We Use “Notional” Agreement
Why can “none” take a singular or plural verb? Because of a little thing called notional agreement.
Grammar Bite: Agreeing Pronouns
You know a pronoun should agree with its antecedent, the noun it stands for. But choosing the right pronoun isn’t always clear cut.
