Do you know the difference between “FAQ’s” and “FAQs” or “less oranges” and “fewer oranges”? Do you cringe when you see statements such as “all major credit cards excepted” or “hope you well”? If you ...

When the American Copy Editors Society meets in Philadelphia this week for its annual conference, survival skills will be high on the agenda. Not too terribly long ago, the copy editing role was ...

In this capstone course you will demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have acquired while completing the Editing Certificate. You will perform a structural edit, stylistic edit, copy edit, and ...

Is editing the career for you? Through course reading, exercises, and assignments, we will introduce you to the roles and responsibilities of editors, as well as the knowledge and skills editors need ...

Most professional in-house or freelance copy editors have had some formal schooling in copy editing. It is a learned skill to a point, but, as far as I’m concerned, you must have an affinity for words ...

The Role: Copy editors are tasked with fixing grammar, spelling or word usage errors in written text. Copy editors typically occupy one link in an editing chain that includes substantive editing, ...

Do you know the difference between “FAQ’s” and “FAQs” or “less oranges” and “fewer oranges”? Do you cringe when you see things like “all major credit cards excepted” or “your in charge”? If you ...