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Crossword: US and UK English
Your favourite crossword section is back! Here is a crossword on UK and US variants of English. The level is basic. Enjoy solving this puzzle as we work on creating more.
Factoring quadratic expressions and designing an online course
What could your ninth standard teacher teach about training? Here is an interesting story of how my math teacher taught me to design our online course.
Brand Identity Design Explained
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How to be More Productive in 10 Easy Steps
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The Benefits of Delegation and its Role in Business
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10 useful tips for small business owners
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How to stay true to your personal brand
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5 Vital Lessons in 5 Years of Freelancing
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A New Course Is Born
This New Year has made one of my dreams come true. It also offers you an opportunity to realize your own. Why wait?
Find and Replace Like a Pro Using Wild Cards in MS Word
I conducted an online session on using wild cards in MS Word. In this 2-hour-long session, I introduced the various wild card characters by actually using them in some editing-life situations. I am really glad and excited that the session was very well received, and here are some of the comments from the participants.
Have you tried our sample copyediting lesson yet?
Last week our first ever copyediting course was launched, specifically aimed at those who aspire to become a language editor in India. I am excited more about the features we have built into the course: thoughtfully designed modules, plenty of practice papers,...
A mind map for subject–verb agreement
There has been a lot of activity since the announcement about our first course, Essentials of Language Editing, was made. It is encouraging and exciting to see that a good number of editors and aspiring editors have shown interest in the sample lesson on subject–verb...
Using a Copyediting Style Sheet
Watch and learn about style sheets and how they can make you an editor extraordinaire. Download a style sheet template that you can use for your editing work.
Do you use these spell-checking dictionaries for MS Word?
In a recent session on using custom dictionaries, one participant asked what dictionaries are available for MS Word’s spell-checking. Here are some suggestions.
Think Write: A Workshop for Authors and Writers
What it takes to get a work published? The answer to this question has, sadly, never been straightforward. Editor’s Essentials organized Think Write 2019, an interactive one-day workshop providing authors, aspiring authors, and writers an opportunity to learn to distinguish themselves in a highly competitive market.
Be prepared to be thrown away
What if, as a freelance editor, you are thrown away? An unresponsive author, pending payment, lack of recognition, maybe all of them! What should you do?
Dead Giveaways That an Author Is Indian
Is “updation” even a word? Is the antonym for “postpone” “prepone”? Read on to find how Indian English has added some spice to the English language.
Can the Internet Impede the Skills of Copy Editors?
Slow and steady changes are not recognized but can result in a compromise in the core skills
Feedback: giving gracefully and receiving gratefully
Feedback in the workplace is an essential component. The openness of a disciple and the grace of a guru will make this process an excellent experience.
Feedback, the most dreaded word
Feedback hurts, brings the morale down, and even humiliates. But feedback is a mechanism that will put us on the right path and help us bring out the best in each of us.
What’s wrong? Correcting a wrong modifier
Whether you are a writer or an editor, when you add phrases, always ensure that they modify the appropriate part of the sentence.
Did you know these are editing myths?
Rules might change, myths might vanish, and only the minds which are open to learning will survive.
A Copyeditor’s Guide Through Stephen King’s Tool Box
Author Stephen King’s uncle had insisted on carrying a large and heavy tool box yet the only tool that was needed to fix the problem was a screwdriver. Can you guess why? Read on!
The most underrated villain of copy editing
What is that one type of error that may go unnoticed even under otherwise careful eyes, but can be very embarrassing when noticed, both to the author and, obviously, to the one who edited the manuscript? Read on…
What’s your story?
Editor’s Essentials invites you to share it with the editing fraternity. After all, a story is to be told, an idea is worth spreading, and editors are the ones who never shy away from seeking advice.
Books I love: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Punctuation can get tricky especially when it comes to deciphering what the author intends to say and what strokes or dots need to be used to enhance the structure and meaning of a sentence. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss, we discover how even the slightest of punctuation slipups can turn fatal!
The tale continues…
Localization may be defined as the efforts to reach out to end-users and most importantly engage them. And there are various degrees of localization, from standardizing spelling to translation. Want to know more? Read on.
Greetings on US National Grammar Day
Celebrations are a coming together of groups of people with the common goal of commemorating or valuing something. Why can’t grammar be that thing?
A Tale of Two Countries: British Vs American English
One of the first things a copyeditor would learn is about the differences between the British English and the American English. This post takes a quick look into the important differences between the two.