Capital offences – the case against initial capitals Are you Important? We mean, are you Really Important? Are you so Important that your Job Title needs to be laid out with Initial Capital Letters? You are? Well that’s great. But if you’re so Vitally Important, why...
Chief. Executive. Officer. Now, that’s a list of impressive words. Add them all together and you’ve got a phenomenally impressive job title. The type of title that means the prime minister is your assistant and God is your right-hand man. Yep, you must be really...
Do you need an editor or proofreader? More to the point, do you know you need a subeditor or proofreader? If you’re writing your own promotional materials, producing content for your website or creating posts on social media, you may well be doing a brilliant job. You...
Copyeditors are like movie directors – sitting silently behind the scenes with power at their fingertips to make someone a star. But unlike the Steven Spielbergs of this world, copyeditors and subeditors rarely see the glory or recognition of their work. Editors are...
Don’t drop your aitches. We’ve all heard someone saying it – usually a picky parent to an errant offspring. Perhaps a teacher parading in front of the class, preaching good grammar and decent behaviour to 30 kids who couldn’t care less. Yet, despite all the snobbish...
