When I edit business and academic files, one of my goals is to remove unnecessary words. This creates a clean and sparkly document that...

If you don't know when to use 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 and when to use 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠, you're not alone. Read on to find out more... 🆃🅷🅴 🆃🅷🅴🅾🆁🆈:...

And do you know the difference between copywriting and content writing? What about copy-editing and proofreading? And then there’s...

We all know it's <Between a rock and a hard place>. ❌ Not, <In between, in-between or inbetween a rock and a hard place>.  The first –...

1️⃣ What are abbreviations❓ 2️⃣ What types of abbreviation are there❓ 3️⃣ Should acronyms have an article or not❓ 4️⃣ Should initialisms...

Ever wondered if you're using 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 and 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 correctly? Yep, me too. It's nuanced. And it all boils down to nouns...

Ever wondered what academic copy-editing and proofreading (proof-editing) involve? Here are some recent tweaks that I made to some...

Yes, they do. Because they are human. And human brains are not designed for proofreading. Our brains tend to process whole words rather...

Do you like -ise or -ize suffixes? 🔆 I am an <ise> person. 🔆 Please don't ask me why. 🔆 Okay, if you insist. 🔆 We used -ise suffixes...

Otherwise known as that, which and commas. Are you ready? Strap yourself in for some scenarios. SCENARIO IA:     Chocolate that is not...

I’ve been agonising over bulleted lists – how to punctuate them – for months. What I learnt when I first trained seems to be slightly...

Can you spot a confusion? If so, you might make a good proof-editor. That’s a proofreader and copy-editor, rolled into one. Because we...

Would you know a misplaced modifier or a dangling participle if you saw one? What about an unparallel structure? As a Libra, and a...

How has your year been? For me, 2023 has been a bit of a rollercoaster. I’m not one to wish time away – I like being in the moment – but...

Absolutely everything that happens, good or bad, is a chance to learn something, if we listen carefully. Listening is a superpower. Here...

Do certain words elude – escape – you, no matter how hard you try to remember them? Let’s not waste any more time. Why allude to these...

Who can forget that immortal Blue Peter line? And those horrible cakes made of pet food and butter icing. Ick. But just imagine if...

When I was younger, I wanted to be a journalist. I love hearing people’s stories, researching and writing. But journalism was too edgy...

I hadn’t come across the term 'proof-editing' when I started training as a proofreader and then a copy-editor. But now it’s a thing....

Once upon a time, there was a grammar-loving bear called Panda. She was black and white (obviously), she loved to munch on bamboo snacks,...