MISTAKE MONDAY for May 14: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. This is an obvious mistake. I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
Getting things as right as you can with a BuzzFeed copyeditor
“Getting Things As Right As You Can” is the title of a chapter in A world without whom, a book by Emmy J. Favilla, BuzzFeed’s global copy chief. As the book’s title suggests, Favilla disagrees with strict grammarians, especially if the support rules that are at odds with how people actually use language today. For […]
MISTAKE MONDAY for May 7: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. I think this one is easy. What do you think? I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
Glossaries for investment and economic jargon
What can you do if you want to purge jargon from your vocabulary, but you don’t know how to explain investment and economic jargon in plain language? Glossaries can help. Online glossaries of investment and economic terms Here are some online options: Finimize Glossary—I like the conversational tone of the Finimize entries, but its entries […]
MISTAKE MONDAY for April 30: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.