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Shifting complex text into a format that everyone can read
One of my other loves is writing easy read documents. What? I hear you ask. The easy read format is a way of writing text that is accessible to a wide range of readers. For example, people who do not speak English as their first language may struggle with unravelling complex technical documents. Similarly, people…
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How much will it cost to have my manuscript edited?
Every specialised professional field has its own vernacular. This article explains what authors need to understand before seeking the services of a professional editor.
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A matter of style: what ever happened to quotation marks?
Quotation marks – do they matter? I recently attended a meeting of writers where there was an animated discussion about quotation marks. Those little 6s and 9s that we used to call inverted commas in English classes. The debate was about when to use single (‘N’) or double quotation marks (“N”) to signify that people…