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Should I write “20th century” or “twentieth century”? Is it okay to put “the 1990s” or should I write “the nineties”? With a bewildering range of examples on the internet, in books and in periodicals, simple answers to questions about style can seem elusive. Anyone writing or editing papers, articles,...

While hiring a professional editor is a great route to take, perhaps that isn’t an option easily available to you. Or perhaps you want to edit your own work before it goes to your professional editor in order to get the most out of the money you invest in editing. No matter the reason, knowing how to...

This article explains what is Track Changes in Microsoft Word. Track Changes are the best feature in Word. Found under the Review tab, this icon is an editor’s best friend. These allow us to see the changes that we have made, as well as allowing the client to review and choose the changes they would...

For an editor, Track Changes in a Word document are a great tool to use, as both they and the client can see where the changes have been made, as these changes show up in a different color from the rest of the text. The editor and the client can also see if that change was a good one or not. Often, I...

In editing other people’s sentences we are frequently required to impose some order through the correct use of periods, exclamation marks and question marks. Below find an end mark punctuation guide to help you in your writing. The period marks the end of a statement that declares something, e.g. milk...