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    The Ultimate Copywriting/Copyediting Playlist

    In 2001, researchers studied how background music affected the quality of people’s writing. The findings showed that “background music significantly disrupted writing fluency” — a fairly cut-and-dry

    Apple’s Upset Core

    Apple’s dashboard comes with a great dictionary/thesaurus. It’s intuitive. It’s easy to access. And for an offline tool, it’s impressively comprehensive. We use it all the time and, until this

    Complex to Simple: Communicating with the Masses

    Your client hands you a 50-page manual explaining the scope of the latest artificial intelligence software they came up with. It was written by the engineer who created it. Now you have to share that with

    Misused and Overly Exaggerated Words

    Next time you read a body of text, pay closer attention to what’s actually being said. More than likely, you’ll notice some terms and expressions that are used in ways that don’t quite fit when you

    Translation #Fails

    Contrary to popular belief, speaking two languages doesn’t make you a translator. Sure, you could get the main point across and in doing so get what you want. But that logic doesn’t apply to written

    Rules & Exceptions: Who to Listen to

    We’ve made it clear on multiple occasions that the English language is full of rules with little logic and lots of exceptions. Isn’t that a lovely combination? There are so many experts out there whose

    Editors’ Most Hated Mistakes – Part 2

    As promised, we’ve compiled a new crop of editing nightmares for those who share the frustration. These cringe-inducing habits are the literary equivalent of socks and sandals. Seeing them can render

    Not Everyone is an Editor

    What? You mean to say that my friend who taught fifth-grade English once isn’t qualified to edit my entrance essay to an Ivy League school? Right. And neither is your friend who taught ESL abroad for

    Editors’ Most Hated Mistakes – Part 1

    If you’ve edited anything for an extended period of time, you’ll understand how infuriating the tiniest mistakes can be. You’ll also know that intense feeling of wanting to flip a table, punch a

    Dodge Double Negatives

    It’s not uncommon to see double negatives in writing. Now, wouldn’t that have read better if we said it’s common instead? All too often, people like to state things in their negative forms. But why?