The Editor's Blog

You are an editor. Your friends and colleagues say you are nit-picky and anal, but you know the truth: You just like being right. The Editor's Blog is designed to be both a resource for you (whether "editor" is your job title or obsession) and a sounding board for you to share the many annoying and egregious errors you come across to others who will appreciate them (because your husband or sister or roommate is tired of listening to you). I hope you will share editing experiences and opinions on certain subjective edits like the serial comma and UK vs. U.S. English, as well as grammar bloopers, pet peeves, and other questions and/or reference materials you have. If anything, I hope this blog spares you the embarrassment of asking a friend or colleague a question that they think (and you know) you should know the answer to. After all, you like being right.

Monday, August 23, 2004

Eats, Shoots and Leaves

I hope you are among the hundreds or thousands of people who would have noticed the "comma" after 'eats. Yes, it is intentional. Eats, Shoots and Leaves is an amazing book for people like you who get extremely annoyed when they see a misplaced comma or an unnecessary semicolon; whose blood boils with rage at the sight of a poor undeserving apostrophe hanging at the wrong place. The book talks about grammar, punctuation, and the evolution of language, with several funny anecdotes thrown in. Beware: the author writes (and is an advocate for) UK English. So expect to see a lot of colourful organisation, full stops, and lack of serial commas. Author Lynne Truss also talks about the idiosyncracies of various authors, and the constant tussle that takes place in the offices of Editors.

Click here for more info on the differences between UK and American English.

posted by Katie and Chris @ 8:58 AM  

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