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General EAC Laura Bontje

What Do You Hope to Read in The Editors’ Weekly?

Thursday April 4, 2024

The Editors’ Weekly wouldn’t be what it is without the wonderful contributors who volunteer their time to share their wisdom each week. It also wouldn’t be what it is without you, dear readers. We’ve got some great content coming up this month! As planning progresses for spring and summer 2024, we’ve got a question for […]

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Lawrence Groening

Mind the Gap! The Point of Sensitivity Reading

Thursday October 17, 2024

We’re all familiar with the aphorism “write what you know” and the endless debates on who should be allowed to write what. Multiple studies have shown that our perceptions are shaped by the media we consume, from the books we read as children to the evening news we watch as adults. When those media rely […]

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Red poppies bloom in a field, referring to the poem “In Flanders Fields” in the EAC blog post, “The Gentle Editor.”

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BLP0124020 (Book Editors Endangered)

Former D&M book editor Nancy Flight writes a thoughtful article about the future, and vulnerability, of book publishing in the digital age. This photo illustrates her blog post, underscoring the uncertainty of publishing by presenting old books, spine in, on a shelf, with an archaic letterpress ampersand on top.

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Veteran editor Wilf Popoff writes the second column in his series for The Editors’ Weekly on “Wasted Words,” in which he explains his “hit list”: which words he would remove from the English language and why. The house engulfed in flames is an example of the redundancy, “completely demolished” (Wilf would ban “completely”).

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Lorsqu’on travaille en contexte bilingue pour des organismes situés à Ottawa, par exemple, il est préférable de marquer la copie et de mettre les commentaires en anglais afin que la ou le graphiste comprenne bien les corrections à effectuer.

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Larousse

The Larousse Dictionary is the standard for French language and a staple for any French editor.

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“In the April 2013 Atlantic magazine, writer Meghan Garber gleefully wrote: “Whom, I am thrilled to inform you, is dying.” Editor Karen Virag disagrees, in her monthly rant about grammar from a lighter perspective, Gettable Grammar, for the EAC/ACR blog, The Editors’ Weekly. The May 7, 2013, blog is “Whom—don’t leave us! We hardly knew […]

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EAC The Editors Weekly blog – World without problems – Wilf Popoff

The 3rd post in a series on usage by Saskatoon editor Wilf Popoff discusses whether it’s okay or not okay to say “challenge” instead of “problem.” EAC/ACR blog – The Editors’ Weekly, June 11, 2013.

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