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If we as a country learned anything this past week, it’s that Capitol has an O in it.
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Good day to remind people to use an en dash instead of a hyphen in vote counts like, say, as a random example, "The House voted 232–197" https://t.co/MNPjMqh8m2
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We'll have a story on the coronavirus variants on The Atlantic in the morning. With gratitude to our copy editors navigating the evolving taxonomical linguistics.
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Trying to find the right words to describe the color(s) of Kamala Harris's outfit is reminding us of something...🤔
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"I ran a spellcheck, so it should be good to go." copy editor:
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complicated financial jargon to describe losing money 👎 stonks 👍
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HARSH WRITING ADVICE: Copy editors are your friends.
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5̶ 0 days since we've corrected a "GameStock" typo
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it’s always “wyd” and never “cjwyf”
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copy editors: just going to make a few punctuation suggestions!
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omg
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Thinking today of the copy editor who once told me, “Most writers use commas for emotional, not grammatical, reasons.”
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the word 'pasta' comes from the word 'pasta' which comes from the word 'pasta' which comes from the word 'pasta'
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dying
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guillemet, en dash, semicolon, interrobang
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just accidentally hit send on my newsletter with a BIG OLE BOLDED editing comment to myself in the first paragraph that I never addressed. faaaaantastic stuff from me. i can promise you the appropriate galaxy brain employee has been disciplined (me)
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me watching you edit my google doc
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did it hurt? when you split that infinitive?
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I just told someone to break up a long sentence, and this is the true final betrayal of myself
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society if keyboards had em dash buttons
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wow, ok, unfollowing now. was a big fan of their custom typeface, was not aware they abused the diaeresis.
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Happy #NationalPunctuationDay to all who observe!!!!!!
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got really excited about japanese politics for a minute there
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Found a typo in a 50 year old NYTimes article
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"Don't worry about typos — the copy editor will take care of it." 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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me in the google doc me in real life
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copy editors trying not to self-edit during #NaNoWriMo
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‘New York Times’ Copy Editor Recommends Tom Morello Cut Down Use Of Wah-Wah Pedal In Column https://t.co/lU5TSTK3ga
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rough day out there for the swifties who struggle with spelling gyllenhaal
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copy desk debates on a Friday at 4:40 p.m.
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the copy editor urge to change "the ways in which" to "how"
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can i get one day off
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when you love the em-dash
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ok mine was weird
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u want me to edit? the thing that killed your darlings?