AmEn vs BrEn ๐ I consider this when proofreading and it’s dependent on where the book will be released, where the audience is based, the writer’s and readers’ preferences. Other Ens available! You know the difference. ๐ญ theater vs theatre or โ๏ธ airplane vs aeroplane These ones are well known. ๐ค But for a recentContinue reading “Is it theater or theatre? Airplane or aeroplane? And other questions about American vs British spelling.”
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Get rid of red squiggles before you take your screenshot.
๐ข Recently, a mayor’s open letter was shared on social media. The letter was shared as an image, not a Word doc/PDF. It looks like a screenshot taken at the mayor’s computer. I reckon the mayor’s computer was set to US English but he wanted to write in British English. Word had done its usualContinue reading “Get rid of red squiggles before you take your screenshot.”
Is it stationary or stationery?
โ You’re a stationery addict… if you’re addicted to buying pens, notebooks, etc. โ If you were a stationary addict, you’d be addicted to standing still. ๐ฝ๐ ๐ก The way I remember it is E for envelopes. StationEry.
Yorkshire Day: my favourite Yorkshire dialect words.
๐ฏ๏ธ You know I’m a fan of regional dialect. Today is #YorkshireDay and, while that’s not my heritage, the 12 years I spent living there were happy ones. To celebrate the linguistic variety of this beloved place, here are a few of my favourite Yorkshire-isms. (Now, it’s a BIG county so not all folk useContinue reading “Yorkshire Day: my favourite Yorkshire dialect words.”
How do you hyphenate or use a dash in the names of mathematical concepts? And are they capitalised?
๐ค I enjoyed the maths! There’s a sentence I never thought I’d say. ๐ I’ve recently proofread ‘The Nick Warner Chronicles Vol II’, an adventure-filled Bildungsroman about the life of a maths genius. Nick navigates tricky life circumstances by applying maths. ๐ As part of the edit, I checked every hypothesis, theory, concept and formula,Continue reading “How do you hyphenate or use a dash in the names of mathematical concepts? And are they capitalised?”
๐Milestone! I’ve edited 1,000,000 words.
*In the voice of Dr. Evil ๐ข ONE MILLION WORDS! โSo, should I stop calling myself a newbie? ๐ One million words. That’s how many words I have proofread or edited since I started counting. And I started counting in Feb 2018 when I established Cronshaw Editing. Not bad, eh. Alongside teaching, too. ๐ ๐ขContinue reading “๐Milestone! I’ve edited 1,000,000 words.”
Do authors get paid when their books are borrowed from libraries? Yes!
โ Did you know that when you borrow library books, you’re still contributing to an author’s income — whether that’s a physical copy of a book or an ebook/audiobook through services such as Borrowbox. (Excellent, btw!) I’m talking specifically about the UK here, but there may be similar schemes in other countries. It’s worth checkingContinue reading “Do authors get paid when their books are borrowed from libraries? Yes!”
What does the name of my hometown (village! hamlet!) mean?
๐ ‘Land where young bullocks are kept’. ๐บ๏ธ That’s the meaning of Little Strickland, the hamlet where I grew up in Cumbria. (Well, the ‘Strickland’ part anyway.) ๐ฌ๐ง In Old English, stฤซrc was a young bullock or heifer. There are still lots of young bullocks kept in that area so things haven’t really changed much!Continue reading “What does the name of my hometown (village! hamlet!) mean?”
No smoke and mirrors. This is what happens if I edit your book.
There’s always that element of uncertainty when you hire a freelancer for the first time. โWill they do a good job? โWill they meet my deadline? โWill they offer value for money? โWill communication be smooth? The freelancer also has uncertainties when taking on a new client. โWill the work they’re offering fit in withContinue reading “No smoke and mirrors. This is what happens if I edit your book.”
Where should capital letters go in titles?
๐ So you’ve written a contents page. A leaflet. A blog post. An essay. And you’ve used a series of headings. โ The question is โ should you capitalise the words in your headings? And, if so, how? ๐ข The answer is that there is more than one way to approach this. There are individualContinue reading “Where should capital letters go in titles?”
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