Tag: copyediting
11
Apr
Do Editors Read Differently Than Non-Editors?
by Talia Erickson
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Findings in this eye-tracking study suggest that editors develop highly automated reading strategies and process errors more quickly than non-editors. Reading, of course, is an...
10
Apr
Ambiguous Syntax Structure’s Impact on Autistic Readers
by Abbigail Clark
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We likely don’t think much about prosody and relative clauses when we read, but together they can greatly impact the way a sentence is read...
08
Apr
What Is a “Light Copyedit”? Navigating the Terms of Editing
by Abbie Call
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As editors, we do not want to let communication errors get between us and our writers. But good communication can be difficult when editing terminology...
20
Nov
An Author’s Stylistic Use of Word Order and Punctuation: To Standardize or Not
by Abby Forrest
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Editors occasionally need to give stylistic advice in addition to making rule-based edits. Since there is no style guide for style, where do we begin?...