Links

I’d like to share these links with you. I’ve found them either humorous, interesting or useful for writing and editing projects.

http://utterlyboring.com/archives/2005/01/25/why_copy_editing_is_important.php
From the archives of this Blog site—a humorous account of the importance of copy editing.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/charts/A4proof.html
Refer to this URL for a copy of traditional proofreaders’ marks used in hard-copy editing.

http://members.aol.com/morelandC/phrases.htm
An interesting site that looks at the origins of well-known phrases (“pass the buck”) in the English language.

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/A-Z.html
This guide gives hundreds of plain English alternatives to the pompous words and phrases that litter official writing. Remember that it’s British in origin, so watch your spelling for Canadian or American style.

http://www.plainlanguage.gov/
A U.S. government Plain Language resource site.