The Official Publication of the STC Technical Editing SIG
Anitha Abraham
Being a part of the Style Committee and holding meetings to standardize terms can sometimes be an eye-opener. This is because meetings can change from placidity to turbulence on matters of style. Now let me give you’ll a peek into decision-making and our problem areas on style issues.
Jennifer Smith
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations—such is a pleasure beyond compare.
Kenko Yoshida
Continue reading “Proofreading For A Cause!”
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.
Continue reading “Editing – A Fun Game and A Learning Opportunity”
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:
Continue reading “The Technical Stylist: The Subjunctive Is Dead! Long Live the Subjunctive!”
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?