With guest host Jane Clayson. They call her the Comma Queen. Lessons on life and language with the New Yorker’s ultimate grammar editor, Mary Norris. Some standard copy editing marks on an essay ...

Editing -- oh, whoop-de-do -- hardly a topic of intense interest in and of itself. One challenge of focusing on issues such as grammar and usage is that they seem to matter only when they’re not in ...

Editing begins while you are still working on your first draft. It has to do more with revising the logistics of the paper than grammar and surface-level errors. Proofreading takes place when editing ...

In this class, students will review key grammar, punctuation, and usage conventions (and see how rules can change over time and in different rhetorical situations); practice copyediting techniques; ...

Copy editing makes a good publication better. A copy editor can improve any document by eliminating errors, addressing grammar problems, and ensuring consistent style. This course is for people who ...

Column: A Word, Please: Microsoft unveils top 10 grammar mistakes, but its editing tools aren’t perfect. By June Casagrande . July 20, 2017 5:25 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

Precision Writing & Editing: 5 Timeless Tips Standards & Practices Editor Mark Memmott writes occasional notes about the issues journalists encounter and the way NPR handles them.