The Official Publication of the STC Technical Editing SIG
Tasha Fowler
This past month, a professor in the communication studies department asked me to help format a chapter for his book. He’d submitted his text to the publisher, and the publisher responded with a mega-list of formatting issues that needed to be addressed before the chapter could be resubmitted.
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Kathy Underwood
If you read what most pundits have to say about the subjunctive mood, you would be convinced that this little verb mood will soon pass into history along with “thee” and “thou.” Webster’s Concise Dictionary of English Usage (2002) provides this perspective:
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Jennifer Smith
Pity the poor, abused semicolon! No one understands him. He’s overworked and yet unsuited to the jobs he performs. Won’t you please help make this world one where happy little semicolons do their jobs and no more?
For editors, relationships are important and conflict resolution is critical. Through the entire review process, editors have to carefully and tactfully deal with not only language and style issues, but also issues of egos and emotions.
In keeping with our promise to provide an article on watercooler chats 
, here is a summary article of the last watercooler chat, which was a four-part series on “Managing Documentation Projects in a Collaborative World — New Best Practices for Editors.” The chat series was held between January and February, 2011 and was moderated by STC Fellow, Larry Kunz.
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