One pitfall of being an editor is seeing things that I wish didn't bug me, but do. I don't want to be a critical or judgmental person, and I certainly don't want to be one of "those people" who thinks she knows better than anyone else. But here's a story of the (mis)application of style … Continue reading Consistency and Flexibility
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Nit-picking Numbers
How a day spent grappling with "2" and "two" taught me something about numbers, numerals, and life Sometimes I appreciate the technical side of editing. I don't mean editing technical documents, necessarily - I mean the technical aspects of grammar and style that give me the illusion that I can tell right from wrong. As my … Continue reading Nit-picking Numbers