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5 Times You Just Gotta Edit Quotes

So there you are, editing away, and you see a quote with an error in…

IEEE Referencing Style

Writing Style vs. Grammar: Right, Wrong, or Neither?

Recently it came to my attention that an issue I’d thought of for years as…

Collaborative Editing, Part 1

In some situations, however, a more collaborative process is not just appropriate, but critical. Let’s…

How to Find a Good Editor

When hiring an editor for your writing, you first need to make sure you understand…

Cheat Sheet for In-Text Citations by Style

In today’s post, I’ll explore the intersection of punctuation and in-text citations and the troubles…

We’re Hiring Work-from-Home Proofreaders

ProofreadingPal LLC paid out over $471K to work-from-home contract proofreaders in 2016, and we're looking…

“I Feel Badly”: Argh! No, You Don’t!

People like to say, “I feel badly," but it's wrong. Let’s look at exactly why…

Affect vs. Effect: Commonly Confused Words

Let’s look at a word pairing that can trip up even experienced writers (and some…

Editing Grammar in Poetry

A good poetry editor fixes bad grammar just like a good prose editor does. But…

Keep Editors Separate in MS Word

Here’s a quick guide to how you restore individual editors to a document in Word…

Keep It Simple, Seriously!

Professional and academic documents demand the principle of “Keep It Simple.” While some document styles…

Avoiding Common Capitalization Errors

I describe some areas of confusion about capitalization I have often observed in my work…

Commonly Confused Words

There are word pairs, even trios, whose meanings are similar, but distinct. The shades of…

Rules of Canadian English

Canadian English is unique. Neither American nor wholly British, it’s a robust hybrid of British…

Capitalization in APA, Chicago, MLA, and AP

I have been noticing recently that willy-nilly use of upper- and lowercase letters is pretty…

Proper Use of Comment Boxes

So much can be done with good comment boxes here’s an old-fashioned list of dos…

How to Avoid Comma Errors

In this blog post are a few of the most common comma errors and tips…

When to Use Humor in Business Writing: How About Never?

A written joke is immortal, and once e-mailed or messaged, it lives forever outside your…