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I thought your suggestion so good i copied it and save it for when i might need it. But in TextEdit; I may need to be able to actually read it later.
Commented Jul 21, 2011 on Tech Tip #21: A Shortcut Writers and Editors Can’t Live Without at The Subversive Copy Editor Blog
Tech Tip #21: A Shortcut Writers and Editors Can’t Live Without
If you’ve ever Any writer or editor who worksed in a document “redlined” inwith MS Microsoft Word’s “tracked changes” feature, you’ve certainly reached a stage where you has encountered the difficulty of reading through a tangle of editingsomething like this:. Most of us have figured out ho...
Henri Rousseau was so excited (according to historian Yann Le Pichon) by what he saw at the 1907 Cezanne retrospective that he ran from painting to painting, and then exclaimed to his companion, "You know, I could finish them all!'
Commented Jun 16, 2011 on Trigger-Happy at The Subversive Copy Editor Blog
Trigger-Happy
Photo by Let Ideas Compete Long ago and far away, I worked for a copy chief who introduced me to the editorial concept of gratuitous meddling. I would like to be able to say that she was a wise and patient master imparting wisdom to the neophyte. But in fact she was a gratuitous meddler h...
There are no standards to compare yourself too, so it's not much of a test. Of course, it's self-proctored, so it doesn't have much reliability anyway....
Commented Oct 6, 2009 on Word of the Week: Subitize at Fritinancy
Word of the Week: Subitize
Subitize: To immediately apprehend, without counting, the number of items in a small sample. Pronounced with a short u; stress on the first syllable. From Latin subito, sudden. <<< Do not attempt to subitize the candy corn. Subitize was coined in 1949 by E. L. Kaufman, et al., in "The Discrimi...
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