Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Tag: editing tips

Editing Tip for August 2016

I don’t know about you, but I always have trouble remembering if certain words should be capitalized when in a title. Also, what is capitalized depends on the style of writing you’re doing. Journalists do it one way, creative writers another, academics a third way. About the only capitalization rules that are consistent include: capitalize the…

Read More

Editing Tip for January

Compound words can be tricky. A compound word is a combination of two or more words that function as a single unit of meaning. Some compound words stand as two separate words or open compounds. Others consist of two words bumped together, closed compounds, and still others are hyphenated compounds. You would think there has to…

Read More