tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post8928401956530817923..comments2023-07-01T11:09:28.113-04:00Comments on Land on Demand Editing Proofreading Indexing: Ebony and ivoryczarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-81423253532815312982008-10-07T11:07:00.000-04:002008-10-07T11:07:00.000-04:00Don:Thanks for checking in. If you saw the product...Don:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for checking in. If you saw the product and the publisher, you'd see that it's done for a very intentional reason. I'll leave it at that.<BR/><BR/>The only comment I made in the manuscript was a query in the margin stating, "If you uppercase Black throughout, you should uppercase White throughout." It's an oddity of our (really, my) reading nature that if I see "Black" uppercased, I figure it's a statement of racial pride, and if I see "White" uppercased, I presume the publisher is associated with the Aryan Nation.<BR/><BR/>Come back soon.czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-40934452331707755472008-10-05T09:41:00.000-04:002008-10-05T09:41:00.000-04:00And slightly more off-topic. One of my clients has...And slightly more off-topic. One of my clients has in their style manual: No use of "scare quotes." None. Delete them all. That'll whip an author into shape.<BR/><BR/>What does it mean when an author says, "The flag was 'red'"? It is or it isn't. If it's red, you don't need the quotes. If it's not red, come up with the word.<BR/><BR/>I've seen books that were strings of one scare-quoted term after another, interspersed with italics for emphasis. I mean, geez. If you're so insecure about your writing that you need to put flashing lights on every concept, take up house painting or something useful. I gleefully got rid of about 98 percent of the quotes and italics. But I always try to be nice and say something like, "Your writing is so good and clear that you don't need all the artificial emphases." Occasionally I am not the fascist a-hole I am portrayed to be.czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-17084691482453882432008-10-05T09:28:00.000-04:002008-10-05T09:28:00.000-04:00Just slightly off topic, but this current trend to...Just slightly off topic, but this current trend to merrily capitalize every noun in the universe is one of my MAJOR editing pet peeves. Since when are we Germany for frig's sake?moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.com