The Copy Editor

04/03/2017

Because sadly, not all dashes are created equal.

03/02/2017

“911—what's your emergency?” “Hi, I . . . uh . . . I work from home.”

16/10/2016

10/10/2016

Happy birthday to me. Six years of The Copy Editor today. Over 9 million words processed – on everything from online gambling regulation to health and wellbeing to Disney princesses.

27/09/2016

Old but still magnificent...

18/09/2016

Ahhh! Thank goodness for spellcheck...

Are your spelling skills up to par? Test your knowledge of the hardest words to spell with this quiz at HowStuffWorks.

19/07/2016

A MAN who works from home has reiterated for the eighth time today that he is not sitting in the garden.

13/07/2016

THE ability to spot a minor grammar error is proof that you are amazing, it has been confirmed.

26/04/2016

Oh dear...

A technical problem with optical character recognition software creates some awkward moments in romantic novels

25/04/2016

YES!

Before their workshop at the NGV Art Book Fair in Melbourne, writing studio the Good Copy shares some tips

15/04/2016

One of New Zealand's best and most illustrious book editors, Stephen Stratford ("I am a polite person, mostly"), vents about having to deal with writers and publishers. What I dread #1 When meeting someone new, the question I most dread is, “What do you do?” It is really hard to