Never seen the word "moreish" before. Seems chiefly or exclusively British and maybe Australian. It's in my paper copy of the Concise Oxford, so it's not new. Meaning: "something (usually food) that's so good it makes you want more." Etymologically pretty questionable IMO. #copyediting
birography --> biography
Speaking of reviewing a ms. before turning it in—I always reread the footnotes/endnotes. There is so much to check in each citation that I need two passes to catch everything.
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if --> in
This was in one of my notes, which is why I always read through my comments again before turning in a manuscript.
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pharaoh
pollical --> political
I didn't even know 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 was a word, but apparently spellcheck did. 😅
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Do editors and proofreaders check facts?
The answer might look a bit familiar: ‘it depends’. Here are my thoughts anyway ...
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Best #Copyediting typo in a while!
Might as well send them a bag of faces > Might as well send them a bag of faeces
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Google Ngram results that show "manwhore" as one word is more popular than "man whore" with a space.
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aide --> aid
That one usually goes the other way around, but either way, spellcheck didn't catch it. 😉
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lose --> loose
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Word I would like to nuke from orbit today: "key."
They're performance indicators. They're personnel. The fact that you're talking about them gives away that they're important.
(No, I don't actually edit out the K from KPI. But I would like to.)
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I saw the term "royal plural" long before I saw "royal 'we.'" "Royal plural" makes more sense because it also includes the word "our"—it's not just the word "we." (For example, "Our bath is almost ready.") But you never see "royal plural," and that bugs me. #copyediting
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Phrase I'd like to nuke from orbit today: "predict/prevent X before it occurs/happens."
Predict/prevent MEANS before it happens, you don't have to say it TWICE.
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Weirdly, on pg 182 he goes back and forth between calling his dad’s mistress Tamara and Tereh. One must be a real name and one fake and he just missed a couple replacements. He did something similar in the first edition of Fast Times, where he left in “Clairemont High” at least once. #copyediting
Another in my ongoing series on publishers' failings: a paper in which Web of Science is variously given as 'web-of-science' and 'Web-of-Science'. The same paper also has a lot of missing spaces in the text.
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It's important to ask this of yourself, as the information it yields is invaluable. Crushing it? Sounds like you hit upon something that works for you! So far on track? Progress! Haven't started? Ooohhh, this is a good one! Let's dig in!
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