The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the Web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Robin Marwick There’s a widespread misconception among writers that editors don’t really add much to their work and, indeed, often change … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: October’s linguistic links roundup
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The Nitpicker’s Nook: September’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the Web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Robin Marwick What makes our form of English unique? According to James Harbeck, “The core of Canadian English is a pervasive … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: September’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook: August’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the Web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Robin Marwick It’s summertime and the living may be easy, but the editor is wishing she were on a patio or … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: August’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook: July’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the Web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Robin Marwick Too much work, too little focus? Cartoonist Katie McKissick found herself battling burnout and came up with some novel … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: July’s linguistic links roundup
Book review: See Also Murder, by Larry D. Sweazy
By Robin Marwick When I offered to review a book about an indexer, I vaguely expected a cozy mystery, perhaps with an index entry at the head of each chapter. See Also Murder is not cozy. Set in the stark landscape of North Dakota in 1964, it’s narrated by Marjorie Trumaine, a farm wife and … Continue reading Book review: See Also Murder, by Larry D. Sweazy
The Nitpicker’s Nook: June’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the Web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Robin Marwick If you’re a Toronto editor who didn’t go to Editing Goes Global on the weekend of June 12 to … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: June’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook: May’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the Web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Robin Marwick PerfectIt, a popular Word add-in that helps you edit faster and more consistently, has just released its third version. … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: May’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook: April’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the Web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Robin Marwick The American Copy Editors’ Society’s (ACES) 2015 National Conference, held at the end of March, featured a wealth of … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: April’s linguistic links roundup
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