Showing posts with label American Copy Editors Society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Copy Editors Society. Show all posts
Monday, December 19, 2011
Grammar Guide
New blog: If you're into grammar you might check out Pam Nelson's Grammar Guide on the American Copy Editors Society's web site. Yes, I am a member of ACES.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Your namesake
The recent newsletter for the American Copy Editors Society explains the word "namesake."
A namesake is a person or thing named after someone or something else:
RIGHT: Stephan Pyles ate in his namesake restaurant.
WRONG: The restaurant Stephan Pyles was visited by its namesake owner.
The person providing the name is the eponym, not the namesake (I looked it up).
Contact: Reach me at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
They do care
I always wondered if newspaper readers care about mistakes and amateurish writing, two things that solid copy editing can cure. Apparently they do.
According to a study by a professor, Fred Vultee, "real people" can tell when the writing is poor and full of errors. His findings were announced during a session at a conference held by the American Copy Editors Society (ACES; I'm a member).
“If you think something is sloppy or amateurish, there’s a good chance (readers) do, too,” said Fred Vultee, an assistant professor at Wayne State University, who spoke at a session during the society’s 15th national conference.
Speaking of copy editing, I think the above sentence/paragraph tries to offer too much information. I might have made a second sentence saying this, Vultee spoke at a session during the society's 15th national conference.
My wife Holly and I worked with Vultee at the Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News in the 1980s. Fred was a terrific copy editor, and apparently he's a pretty good professor, too.
According to a study by a professor, Fred Vultee, "real people" can tell when the writing is poor and full of errors. His findings were announced during a session at a conference held by the American Copy Editors Society (ACES; I'm a member).
“If you think something is sloppy or amateurish, there’s a good chance (readers) do, too,” said Fred Vultee, an assistant professor at Wayne State University, who spoke at a session during the society’s 15th national conference.
Speaking of copy editing, I think the above sentence/paragraph tries to offer too much information. I might have made a second sentence saying this, Vultee spoke at a session during the society's 15th national conference.
My wife Holly and I worked with Vultee at the Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News in the 1980s. Fred was a terrific copy editor, and apparently he's a pretty good professor, too.
Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.
More EDITOR@WORK blog entries
Entries from The Dog Blog
Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)
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