I have never understood people’s reluctance to use punctuation – correctly or not. It is the scaffolding that supports meaning and intention, and separates sloganeers from communicators. Pairing down punctuation may seem [ read more ]

Very often I find that much of what happens in scholarly publishing floats unnoticed over my head, as I sigh and chase yet another late payment from a company that couldn’t give [ read more ]

Phew! It’s been a busy month (something I will never complain about) and there’s hardly been a day when I’ve not had to juggle competing client priorities or pivot more times than, [ read more ]

I don’t routinely copyedit books much anymore, but I still care deeply about books, and I think the world needs them now more than ever. My ears always prick up when I [ read more ]

I think I have discovered a new personal hero – Ellen Jovin, a published grammar and language specialist in the US, decided to do something deceptively simple. She packed up some reference [ read more ]

Is anyone else bereft at the thought of losing WHSmith from the high street (https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-14380565/WHSmith-shut-branches-new-owner-fears-major-job-losses.html)? Yes, they have started to look a little tired lately, and nobody would ever think of launching [ read more ]