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Happy New Year! As of Jan. 1, Copyediting resources are now being fully transitioned to @copyeditors. Learn more: bit.ly/2zpy00r. The Copyediting Twitter will still be updated occasionally, but for more news & info about the world of #editing, follow us @copyeditors.

Copyediting's tweet image. Happy New Year! As of Jan. 1, Copyediting resources are now being fully transitioned to @copyeditors. Learn more: bit.ly/2zpy00r. The Copyediting Twitter will still be updated occasionally, but for more news & info about the world of #editing, follow us @copyeditors.

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Ever have trouble keeping your gerunds and participles straight in your head? Or know someone who struggles with these? Jonathon Owen of @Copyediting is here to help: bit.ly/2UQQ9hP #gerunds #participles #amediting


We find that we stickle far more for writing and for pay than we do for speaking and for free. How about you? 🙂

In the holiday spirit, we’re skipping the “Chicago Style Workout” this month in favor of some fun. Measure your “peever profile” in our grammar-stickler quiz: cmosshoptalk.com/2018/12/20/whe…



How can you help clients see your fees as reasonable? @KOKEdit helps you educate your clients about editing so you can receive the fees you need: copyediting.com/making-the-cas…


This is a fun and intriguing read about how "Word of the Year" became a thing!

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"This is no stuffy, academic textbook. Dreyer’s personality and wit permeate the text…But beyond the joy of reading it, what’s more important is that it’s full of useful information." @4ndyman reviews "Dreyer's English" by @BCDreyer: copyediting.com/book-review-dr…

Copyediting's tweet image. "This is no stuffy, academic textbook. Dreyer’s personality and wit permeate the text…But beyond the joy of reading it, what’s more important is that it’s full of useful information." @4ndyman reviews "Dreyer's English" by @BCDreyer: copyediting.com/book-review-dr…

Thanks to this article from @4ndyman, I now know that those pine needles I've been stepping on all week are actually fir needles: copyediting.com/a-pine-is-not-… <adjusts mild yuletide cursing accordingly>

Copyediting's tweet image. Thanks to this article from @4ndyman, I now know that those pine needles I&apos;ve been stepping on all week are actually fir needles: copyediting.com/a-pine-is-not-…

&amp;lt;adjusts mild yuletide cursing accordingly&amp;gt;

🎉 It's our 10-year Twitter anniversary! 🎉 Thanks for the decade of delightful word-nerdery and serious editing discussions, friends!

Copyediting's tweet image. 🎉 It&apos;s our 10-year Twitter anniversary! 🎉 Thanks for the decade of delightful word-nerdery and serious editing discussions, friends!

Jonathon Owen (@ArrantPedantry) has some good news for you about gerunds and participles. They aren't as hard to keep straight as some think they are! copyediting.com/gerunds-and-pa…


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Thanks to @Copyediting and @copyeditors for a great post-presentation Q&A today! If you missed today's webinar on editing translations, the recording will be up for sale soon at copyediting.com/individual-tra….


Last call! Registration closes tonight! copyediting.com/product/audio-…

This week! @GreyEditing helps you add a new dimension to your editing business: working with translated text! Can't make the live class on Thursday? You can listen to the recording whenever, wherever, and as often as you'd like. Sign up now: copyediting.com/product/audio-…



Part of the copyeditor’s job is helping readers understand what writers are trying to say, so a more important question than “what does this word really mean?” is “what will readers understand when they read this word?” @4ndyman on word histories: copyediting.com/decimating-the…


Excellent, free #resource to help you expand your perspective and representation. Find "language and content editors, sensitivity readers, proofreaders, and other editorial professionals from underrrepresented communities and cultures" AND a database of other diverse databases:

This week! @GreyEditing helps you add a new dimension to your editing business: working with translated text! Can't make the live class on Thursday? You can listen to the recording whenever, wherever, and as often as you'd like. Sign up now: copyediting.com/product/audio-…



This week! @GreyEditing helps you add a new dimension to your editing business: working with translated text! Can't make the live class on Thursday? You can listen to the recording whenever, wherever, and as often as you'd like. Sign up now: copyediting.com/product/audio-…


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Sarah Grey charts the ins and outs of editing translated text, including localized, transcreated, and monolingual texts with large foreign-language lexicons. Join her @Copyediting master class, 'Editing Translations', on 13 December 2018. @GreyEditing ow.ly/sExE30mT782


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