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What is a writer’s ‘voice’? And should an editor leave it well alone?

What is a writer’s ‘voice’? And should an editor leave it well alone?

by Pernickety Kate | Sep 28, 2018 | Editing, Words, Writing skills

Everybody’s different. We can see people’s uniqueness in their clothes, their hairstyle, their accent, their hobbies or pets. And that individuality extends to their writing. I currently have an editing job involving lots of technical documents, destined to be part of...
4 reasons NOT to welcome your customers

4 reasons NOT to welcome your customers

by Pernickety Kate | Feb 15, 2018 | Editing, Words, Writing skills

“Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!” Even when not watching Cabaret, we’d all be happy to be greeted with these words, wouldn’t we? Such harmless pleasantry – what could possibly be wrong with treating customers like this? Well, in some contexts, nothing at all. At the...
Weird Words of the Week #1 – 4

Weird Words of the Week #1 – 4

by Pernickety Kate | Jan 26, 2018 | Punctuation, Spelling, Words

Some words behave weirdly – and not just the fancy ones that few people understand. Here’s a collection of the first few that sprang to mind (as seen originally on my Facebook page). Weird Word of the Week #1: COMPLIMENT (and related words). Weird...
Is your message getting lost in all the words?

Is your message getting lost in all the words?

by Pernickety Kate | Dec 13, 2017 | Editing, Words, Writing skills

Warning: this blog is interactive. It contains suggestions which some readers may find embarrassing. But to help you to be clear with your message, it’s worth having a go. It’s about the power of short words and phrases – what some call ‘plain English’. In an earlier...
Medalling with English – making jargon work for you

Medalling with English – making jargon work for you

by Pernickety Kate | Oct 1, 2017 | Editing, Grammar, Proofreading, Words

I first wrote this blog post this time last year, when it seemed only a hop, skip and jump in time since we’d been enthralled by the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio. And it wasn’t just medals that got the media buzzing, but medalling. We all know that a medal is...
Why spellcheck is not always your friend

Why spellcheck is not always your friend

by Pernickety Kate | Sep 21, 2017 | Proofreading, Spelling, Words

Right here and now I need to make it clear that this post is not getting at people who struggle with spelling. If that’s you, please don’t stop reading. As I’ve written in a previous blog, we all have different skills. Let’s put this into perspective: yes,...

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