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Publisher:
Editorial Experts, Inc. (EEI Press) |
Release
Date: October 1, 1996 |
ISBN:
0-935012-20-6 |
Awards:
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Format
Reviewed: Trade Paperback |
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Genre:
Nonfiction – Reference – Writing and Editing
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Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Kristin Johnson |
Reviewer
Notes: Reviewer Kristin Johnson is the author of CHRISTMAS
COOKIES ARE FOR GIVING, co-written with Mimi Cummins and ORDINARY
MIRACLES: My Incredible Spiritual, Artistic and Scientific Journey,
co-written with Sir Rupert A.L. Perrin, M.D. |
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Stet
Again
More Tricks
of the Trade for Publications People
Selections from THE EDITORIAL EYE
By The Editorial
Eye
Still
can’t figure out the difference between “between”
and “among,” or “farther” and “further?”
Or are you dealing with writers who don’t know the difference
(and won’t admit it)? In the land of publications, the man
with the red pen is king, but only if the man knows subject/verb
agreement, and how to respect writers.
For
those of you who take offense at “the man” and other
gender-specific constructions, or for those of you who work for
publications and companies that have to watch their language, the
subject of sexist and non-sexist language gets the full treatment
along with other vexing grammar matters in Stet Again, the “Best
Of” compilation of Editorial Eye Magazine.
Whether
you’re a writer, editor, or even a SME (that’s subject
matter expert), Stet Again deserves a place on your bookshelf
with Strunk and White’s Elements of Style, On Writing
by William Zinsser, The Chicago Manual of Style, and
your company’s own style guide (Stet Again shows
you why and how to write one).
Think
you don’t need to know good grammar or style or layout with
desktop publishing and spell check? Stet Again is the cure
for editorial (and writer) arrogance, not to mention the corporate
mentality so aptly expressed by the pointy-haired manager in Dilbert,
who (Can I say who here? Look it up.) repeatedly refuses to respect
the harried technical writers and SMEs who strive to make the boss
look good on paper and online. Illustrators, graphic designers,
writers and editors can all learn to play nicely if some Good Samaritan
provides each of them with a copy of Stet Again. All personnel
involved in creating professional publications can recognize familiar
conundrums in the many questions Editorial Eye staff members have
answered over the years.
Stet
Again is, quite simply, a writer’s best friend and an
editor’s assistant. Let’s not forget the freelance writers
in the trenches, the graphic designers bidding on projects, and
the grammarians who live to impress us all with memorized rules.
But the grammarians can all agree to applaud the expert eagle eyes
of Editorial Eye.
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