Neither short nor to the point
THE prime reason we write is to communicate with others. This applies whether it be with one other person or with the masses devouring the
The online home of Yarraboy Editorial Services
Editing
Categories
- Arts and About (12)
- Blog (155)
- Books (9)
- Bromo (2)
- Christmas and festivities (1)
- Cornwall life (6)
- Crime fiction (22)
- Editing (17)
- Export to Yarraboy Site (13)
- Family history (12)
- Food and drink (9)
- Grammar notes (7)
- Health and fitness (11)
- Lifestyle (46)
- Memoir (8)
- Modern life (19)
- Musical musings (1)
- Pandemic (14)
- Reviews and Commentary (33)
- Running (10)
- Theatre Notes (6)
- Tony Berry's Books (4)
- Travelling man (1)
- Travels (6)
- Uncategorized (120)
- Words (7)
- Words, writers and writing (50)
Latest posts
Some things academia will never learn
WHAT is it about proofreading and editing that academics find so hard to understand? Yet again a university student has requested my help in preparing
Cure needed for pandemic’s verbal virus
The lexicographers are working overtime. New words are being coined, reviewed and added to dictionaries worldwide almost daily. It seems there’s nothing like disasters and
When a virus spreads, the dictionary swells
It was only a few days ago that I suggested many of the words and phrases that have already become lingua franca during the recent
It may be just a small point to you …
WHAT is it about apostrophes that is so difficult to understand? Yes, I am well aware it’s a question that has been asked hundreds of
Strewth, it’s Strine
You’ve gotta love what the Aussies can do to the English language. No time was wasted Down Under in adapting linguistically to the present crisis.
If it ain’t broke, WordPress, why ….?
Writing a blog used to be a simple, time-efficient task. That is, until WordPress decided to “improve” things. And, as so often happens when such
Let’s be clear about this …
Now, I want to make myself perfectly clear … There must be no misunderstanding … Make no mistake about this … Blah, blah, blah. Such
John Jess, Seeker of Justice – the Voyager story
Another challenging editing job has reached its successful conclusion, and one of which I am especially proud. It was a long time in the overall process
Mentoring for pleasure
There are days when this already enjoyable job provides additional pleasure. Such as today with my ongoing mentoring of a writer’s work in progress and
Apropos posting an apostrophe
The question for today (and unfortunately almost every working day) is: how can a person progress through the education system to degree level and beyond
Tortured by the language terrorists
Oh the terrible things the bureaucrats and politicians do to the English language. They are now talking of “enhanced interrogation”. Which is what the rest