The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Savanna Scott Leslie That’s a wrap on the 2016 Editors Canada conference in Vancouver! Paul Cipywnyk shared his photos from the event so you can … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: June’s linguistic links roundup
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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. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Savanna Scott Leslie Online tools make plagiarism easier to catch, but plagiarism is still a delicate subject to broach with writers. Adrienne Montgomerie shares some … 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. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Savanna Scott Leslie As technology improves, is it only a matter of time until translation tools become so adept that language barriers cease to exist? … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: April’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook: March’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Savanna Scott Leslie According to Michelle Falardeau-Ramsay of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, dyslexia affects one in six Canadians. Victor Widell, a programmer, set up … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: March’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook: February’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 Savanna Scott Leslie We all learned some “rules” from English teachers that were questionable at best. And as editors, we have the power … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: February’s linguistic links roundup
Wordplay: Assimilation by the mutants
Wordplay is a regular column by editor and language writer James Harbeck in which he tastes and plays with English words and usages. Every so often, someone asks, “If it’s one foot and two feet, and one tooth and two teeth, why isn’t it one book and two beek? If we have louse and lice, and … Continue reading Wordplay: Assimilation by the mutants
The Nitpicker’s Nook: January’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 Savanna Scott Leslie For many of us, this January will stand out as the month when the world lost David Bowie and Alan … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: January’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook: December’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 Savanna Scott Leslie Toronto-based Editors Canada member Emily Donaldson boasts a successful career as a book critic, writer, and editor. She shares … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: December’s linguistic links roundup
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