How do you feel about the phrase “due to”? Does it just mean “attributable to” to you, or can it also mean “because of”? The answer largely depends on your perspective.
Articles Categorized Writers and Editors
Your Style Sheet: What It Is and Why You Need One
Your editor sent you back your edited manuscript and it looks great. But what’s this other file they sent? Meet your style sheet.
A Quick Guide to Hiring the Right Editor
This quick guide will help you determine what you need in an editor, where to find them, and how to evaluate them before hiring them.
How to Write an Apology Letter to a Client
Mistakes happen, and when they do, it’s good to know how to apologize for them. This guide will help you do so.
6 Tips to Fact-Checking as a Copyeditor
Fact-checking is often an added task to a copyeditor’s already long list of duties. 6 tips to doing it better.
Making the Case for Copyediting
Last week, one of my corporate clients asked me to do a rush proofread on a PDF file. Time was short, but the team publishing the document had reviewed and approved all the text. There had been no copyediting stage, however.
Oh boy.
