Alternative Punctuation
I’m editing a novel that uses alternative punctuation, including single quotation marks instead of double for quotations and em dashes for dialogue. According to The Chicago Manual of Style, this...
View ArticleAlternative Punctuation: The Votes Are In!
Forget what’s going on in Washington – there’s a major debate raging in the language world! According to my recent blog poll, people are strongly divided about alternative punctuation. With nineteen...
View ArticleNew Year, New Style Guide?
Most of my work requires The Chicago Manual of Style (generally used for academic texts) or The Associated Press Stylebook (geared toward news writing). Even though editors don’t often get to choose...
View ArticleAnd the winner is … Chicago!
With eighteen votes total, The Chicago Manual of Style received the majority plurality (44 percent). Since I tend to favor Chicago style, I guess it’s no surprise I attract readers who do as well. The...
View ArticleState of the Blog Address
It’s Blue Pencil Editing’s one hundredth post! It took me more than two years to get here, but it’s about quality, not quantity, right? (To those of you who post daily, I tip my hat.) So, in honor of...
View ArticleReaders Respond
In the tradition of year-end roundups, I’m using the last post of 2009 to summarize the results of my recent poll asking readers which post topics are your favorites. With sixteen of the forty-nine...
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