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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: The Tragedies and Farces of History

December 10, 2013 by Wilf Popoff | 3 Comments on Wasted Words: The Tragedies and Farces of History

  “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce, third as more repetition.” I know Marx would have added that last part had he been on the ball. In the event, he was so fixated on dialectical something or other that he didn’t get around to it. And then there was the business about workers […]

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Dominique Fortier

L’Estrie – Histoire, toponymie et terminologie

December 4, 2013 by Dominique Fortier | Leave a Comment

Dans un article précédent, j’ai abordé les toponymes Estrie et Cantons-de-l’Est sous leur angle actuel, en tant que région administrative ou touristique. Mais voyons ce qu’il en est de l’occupation du territoire de cette région et des aménagements linguistiques qui en ont découlé au fil du temps. 1792-1857 : À la fin du XVIIIe siècle, le gouvernement […]

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Virginia Durksen

Myth: The Rules are the Rules (Not)

November 26, 2013 by Virginia Durksen | 2 Comments on Myth: The Rules are the Rules (Not)

Some rules are rules. Not meant to be broken. Others are more like etiquette or Sunday best. When was the last time you wore Sunday best? That’s because society has changed in the half-century (or however long) you’ve been alive. When was the last time you split an infinitive, misspoke “you and I” for “you […]

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Karen Virag

GETTABLE GRAMMAR: Verbal Boobery (VB)

November 19, 2013 by Karen Virag | 5 Comments on GETTABLE GRAMMAR: Verbal Boobery (VB)

Verbal whatery? Not long ago in the Air Canada Lounge at Toronto Pearson Airport I noticed a small sign beside a tray of freshly baked cookies. It said:             Now, I have to say, I don’t know why so many people complain about Air Canada. Knowing how many passengers are […]

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Kate Icely

DISPATCHES 8: Looking Forward, Looking Back

November 13, 2013 by Kate Icely | 3 Comments on DISPATCHES 8: Looking Forward, Looking Back

I thought up this series while sitting in my cubicle at Random House of Canada just as I was starting my second internship. By this point I considered myself a pretty seasoned hand. I had seen a lot: the relentless hard work, the small embarrassments, the seemingly endless hours. But I had also enjoyed the […]

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Dominique Fortier

Typographie et ponctuation

October 22, 2013 by Dominique Fortier | Leave a Comment

L’ESPACE FINE INSÉCABLE DANS LES DOCUMENTS HTML Nous l’avons vu dans l’article précédent, dans les documents imprimés, et avec l’aide de logiciels de mise en pages professionnels, il est possible d’insérer une espace fine insécable devant le point-virgule, le point d’interrogation et le point d’exclamation. Dans les documents HTML, l’exemple le plus connu d’espace insécable […]

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Virginia Durksen

Myth: Perfection is the Goal

October 16, 2013 by Virginia Durksen | Leave a Comment

We’ve all had that moment of pride when the book or the brochure arrives, still smelling of ink. And the next moment, when we open the book to discover the glaring error that has somehow managed to survive our eagle-eyed hunt, to live forever as testament to our failure. That moment is sent by the […]

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Wilf Popoff

WASTED WORDS: Squandering Words on Money

October 9, 2013 by Wilf Popoff | 3 Comments on WASTED WORDS: Squandering Words on Money

The love of money is not only the root of all evil; it is also the root of ghastly copy. I find it particularly ironic that word economy has only a fleeting acquaintance with commerce. Consider the grating and ubiquitous tautology, expensive price, as in, “The house with a river view comes at a more […]

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Kate Icely

DISPATCHES 7: Finding Work in Unexpected Places

October 2, 2013 by Kate Icely | Leave a Comment

Getting an internship can lead to a job—but it might not be the job you were expecting. When I first started taking courses at Ryerson University, I didn’t have a clue about the variety of jobs available to me. I knew I could be an editorial assistant at a publishing company, but there were so […]

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Dominique Fortier

Typographie et correction

September 25, 2013 by Dominique Fortier | Leave a Comment

COMMENT COMPOSER AVEC L’ESPACE FINE DANS LES TRAITEMENTS DE TEXTE  L’espace fine, c’est une espace (le mot est féminin lorsqu’on parle typographie) d’un quart de cadratin (soit 25 % de la police de caractères choisie — par exemple, pour une police de caractères de 12 points, l’espace fine doit être de 3 points) qui est toujours insécable. On […]

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