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I think someone needs a vacation...
Thanks to The Stranger Slog for pointing out this hilarious Q&A from The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Q. Is there a period after an abbreviation of a country if it is terminating a sentence? “I… more →
Lisa Gold: Research Maven
There's nothing Sterling, let alone Platinum, about the Sterling Codifiers, Inc. production number
brought to you by The Exoteric Legacy of A Woman Once Registered As Valerie Sarah Weiskirch wrote 3 months ago: Can I get an Ah-ha? The question of why people in Midlothian should still willfully give their cons … more →
I think someone needs a vacation...
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Lisa Gold wrote 5 months ago: Thanks to The Stranger Slog for pointing out this hilarious Q&A from The Chicago Manual of Style … more →
"Laziness is not an excuse for plagiarism"
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Lisa Gold wrote 5 months ago: There’s been a lot of commentary in the blogosphere about the “Chris Anderson plagiarizi … more →
“Can’t decide which is more embarrassing — failing to cite Wikipedia as a source or using Wikipedia as a source.”
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Lisa Gold wrote 5 months ago: From the Virginia Quarterly Review blog, a post by Waldo Jaquith titled “Chris Anderson’ … more →
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors -- Bill Bryson
Biblioklept wrote 6 months ago: That Bill Bryson’s Bryson’s Dictionary for Writers and Editors (new this week in paperba … more →
New York Times style rules: "Consistent, Sensitive and Weird"
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Lisa Gold wrote 7 months ago: Today’s New York Times column by public editor Clark Hoyt discusses the Times’ idosyncra … more →
Strunk and White
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LabDU wrote 9 months ago: Hi everybody, this is a link to an online version of the classic writing manual by Strunk and White. … more →
Research and Documentation Online
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Lisa Gold wrote 9 months ago: Diana Hacker’s Research and Documentation Online is a website about finding, evaluating, and d … more →
Finally! The Gregg Reference Manual is online!
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textdoctor wrote 1 year ago: I just discovered that the Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting … more →
The writer's bookshelf (part 3)
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Lisa Gold wrote 1 year ago: This is the third in an ongoing series of posts about the references writers and editors should have … more →
'They' might not care, but I do. Sometimes
wordwhisperer wrote 1 year ago: Every day, or every couple of days I receive in my inbox the following email: “Pls proofread … more →
Italics, titles, and foreign words
copyeditorsdesk wrote 1 year ago: English has broad rules for the use of italics. More specific conventions depend on the style manual … more →
"Citation Style"
newyorkdreads wrote 1 year ago: This is my fourth semester, in the Master’s program, I love going to school and the one thing … more →
