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Jennie Seitz

The Effects of AI on Academic Editing

June 20, 2024 by Jennie Seitz | 4 Comments on The Effects of AI on Academic Editing

OpenAI announced on May 13, 2024, that their new model, ChatGPT-4o — which, at its highest level, now appears to be capable of conversations almost indiscernible from those with a human — is now being made available to all users for free (with limitations). Given that ChatGPT already has over 100 million users per week, […]

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Rees Storm

Crafting Our Message: Academic Editing and the Public

May 23, 2024 by Rees Storm

As populism and funding priorities threaten the existence of post-secondary and research institutions, academic writing persists. So, too, does academic editing. In early April, I was part of a group of four panelists who converged at the ACES conference in San Diego, California, to talk about the challenges facing academic editing.  Whether you are an […]

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Jennifer Borgioli Binis

Book Review: The Art of Academic Editing

April 18, 2024 by Jennifer Borgioli Binis

People find their way to developmental editing down any number of paths, and mine was paved by years as a professional development provider for K–12 teachers. I worked for a small consulting firm, and we regularly met to compare notes and collaborate. Over the years, we developed protocols, rules of thumb and even sentence starters […]

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James Harbeck

“Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain”

August 30, 2022 by James Harbeck | 2 Comments on “Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain”

What’s missing from this sample text? A set of subjects, n = 180, were surveyed using a predetermined questionnaire. Statistical analysis of the responses revealed a statistically significant pattern of association of low-frequency polysyllabic lexemes with greater intellectual value. It’s not short on words, nor on syllables per word, nor on grammatical complexity. It’s an […]

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James Harbeck

How to Write Gleefully

September 17, 2019 by James Harbeck | 2 Comments on How to Write Gleefully

There are times when you want to make your prose more lively — if not flagrantly flippant then at least glancingly gleeful. James Harbeck discusses how to do that.

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