Real ranges (note that they involve something that can be measured, like distance or time): The storm system blew from Missouri to New York. From 1997 to 2008, the Reynolds family kept a dog. The boy… more →
The copy editor says ...rahmama wrote 1 month ago: For the life of me I cannot figure out why certain things catch my attention and others float past w … more →
rahmama wrote 4 months ago: Strunk and White call it the serial comma., but I can’t think ’serial’ without fin … more →
thecopyeditorsays wrote 5 months ago: Real ranges (note that they involve something that can be measured, like distance or time): The sto … more →
thecopyeditorsays wrote 7 months ago: Dear Stephenie Meyer, Your name is far too similar to mine. I don’t like it. I have nightmares … more →
thecopyeditorsays wrote 8 months ago: The following words I will delete, without a second thought, from any copy: Literally: If it wasn … more →
thecopyeditorsays wrote 1 year ago: This is the loving term I bestow upon reporters who, as the city editor puts it, “Don’t … more →
Janine Falcon wrote 1 year ago: I can’t tell you how it irritates me that I can’t get the apostrophe to point the right … more →