This is more of a geographical than lexical post, but relates to a mistake that is made by writers, journalists, politicians and myriad others on a daily basis: ‘UK’, ‘Britain’ and ‘the British Isles’ are not interchangeable. In the wake…
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The word ‘Brexit’ is factually incorrect
Tagged with: Brexit, Britain, British Isles, England, etymology, geography, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, political, region, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wales
Posted in Etymology, Geography, Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary
Posted in Etymology, Geography, Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary
How to use Find and Replace
When proofreading or editing in Microsoft Word, the Find and Replace feature can be an invaluable timesaving tool and assurance of consistency. If you’re not already using it, now is the time to start! What is Find and Replace? Most…
Tagged with: document, error, find, find and replace, microsoft, prep, proofread, replace, replace all, search, tool, Word
Posted in Grammar, Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation, Spelling, Style
Posted in Grammar, Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation, Spelling, Style
Consistency
This is something I find myself repeating day in, day out: The key is consistency. There are plenty of rules that must be followed in writing, but, at the same time, there are different styles that can be adopted but…
Tagged with: capitalisation, consistency, decision, find and replace, format, headings, punctuation, spelling, style
Posted in Capitalisation, Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation, Spelling, Style
Posted in Capitalisation, Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation, Spelling, Style
Literally redefining the English language
English is one of the most dynamic and adaptable languages in the world. While near neighbours such as France have committees in place to approve new and changing facets of their language, English is effectively “open source”; it is possibly…
Tagged with: definition, dictionary, English, figuratively, language, literally, usage
Posted in Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary
Posted in Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary
How not to confuse e.g. and i.e.
The abbreviations e.g. and i.e. are confused with each other all the time, but they needn’t be. Often one is used in place of the other simply because the author doesn’t know the difference between the two – or even…
Tagged with: abbreviation, confusion, e.g., exempli gratia, for example, grammar, i.e., id est, Latin, that is
Posted in Grammar, Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary
Posted in Grammar, Proofreading/copy-editing, Vocabulary