Substance and Style: Instruction and Practice in Copyediting
Language: English
Published by Editorial Experts, 1989
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- Title
- Substance and Style: Instruction and Practice in Copyediting
- Author
- Mary Stoughton
- Publisher
- Editorial Experts
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0935012117
- ISBN 13
- 9780935012118
Through in-depth discussions and examples, Substance & Style offers:
instructions in grammar, usage, punctuation, and style
instruction in the use of proper copyediting marks
skill-building exercises and detailed follow-up discussions
a comparison matrix of major style guides
a glossary of common editorial terms
a selection of pertinent readings on the editorial profession
a bibliography of reference books for editors
plus ... hundreds of tips on how to
eliminate jargon
organize citations and tables
untangle dangling modifiers
uncover smothered verbs
give new life to passive prose
know when to use who and whom, which and that
remove noun strings
make pronouns and their antecedents agree
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