Every specialised professional field has its own vernacular. This article explains what authors need to understand before seeking the services of a professional editor.

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…