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Quo Corrigo?

Technical editing, regardless of how the discipline is defined, is first and foremost reader advocacy – be it for documentation clarity, accuracy, relevance, or accessibility.

Corrigo is the official publication of the STC Technical Editing SIG, and is a place where people who want to help readers can get useful information to do just that.

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Brush Up Your Punctuation and Grammar Skills

With more and more of us stuck at home because of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, or out of work because of it, this might be the perfect time to brush up on some basic (and sometimes forgotten) rules of punctuation and grammar.

Leah Guren, an experienced TechComm trainer and presenter, has started a new online series of quick tips for technical writers, editors, and content developers.

Follow Leah’s informative (and always entertaining) mini-presentations on her LinkedIn page.

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From Around the Web: Do Editors Make Mistakes?

Are technical editing practitioners infallible? We might like to think we are, but we also make mistakes.

UC San Diego Extension copyediting instructors Lourdes Vernard and Christine Steele have complied a list of what they consider to be the top ten most common mistakes made by copy editors.

Do you have anything to add to this list? Write it below in the comments!