Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface
List of Abbreviations
EXERCISES
A Copyediting Challenge: Test Your Skills
PART 1. THE ABCs OF COPYEDITING
1. WHAT COPYEDITORS DO
Exercise 1-1. Comparing Editorial Styles
Exercise 1-2. Preliminary File Cleanup
2. BASIC PROCEDURES
Exercise 2-1. Hand Marking a Manuscript
Exercise 2-2. Editing On-Screen
Exercise 2-3. Editorial Markup of PDF Files
Exercise 2-4. Querying
Exercise 2-5. Creating a Style Sheet
Exercise 2-6. Writing a Transmittal Memo
3. REFERENCE BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Exercise 3-1. Using Dictionaries
Exercise 3-2. Using Style Manuals
Exercise 3-3. Consulting Usage Guides
Exercise 3-4. Using the Google Books Ngram Viewer
Exercise 3-5. Using Practical Grammar
Exercise 3-6. Doing Internet Research
Exercise 3-7. Specialized Style Guides
PART 2. EDITORIAL STYLE
4. PUNCTUATION
Exercise 4-1. Punctuation
Exercise 4-2. Restrictive versus Nonrestrictive Modifiers
Exercise 4-3. Editorial Zealotry: A Light Copyedit
Exercise 4-4. American Humor: A Medium Copyedit
5. SPELLING AND HYPHENATION
Exercise 5-1. Compound Forms
Exercise 5-2. A Publisher’s Catalog: A Light Copyedit
Exercise 5-3. A Health Newsletter: A Medium Copyedit
6. CAPITALIZATION AND THE TREATMENT OF NAMES
Exercise 6-1. Capitalization
Exercise 6-2. Finding Work: A Light Copyedit
7. NUMBERS AND NUMERALS
Exercise 7-1. Numbers and Numerals in Nontechnical Text
Exercise 7-2. Numbers and Numerals in Technical Text
Exercise 7-3. Editing a Recipe
8. QUOTATIONS
Exercise 8-1. Quotations
Exercise 8-2. It’s Our Money Awards: More Quotations
9. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
Exercise 9-1. Medical Language: Abbreviations and Symbols
Exercise 9-2. A Travel Guide: More Abbreviations and Symbols
10. TABLES, GRAPHS, AND ART
Exercise 10-1. Editing Tables
Exercise 10-2. Restructuring Tables
Exercise 10-3. Editing More Complex Tables
Exercise 10-4. Editing Graphs
11. REFERENCES
Exercise 11-1. Editing Author-Date References
Exercise 11-2. Taming Citation Managers
Exercise 11-3. Editing Reference Notes
Exercise 11-4. Creating Author-Date Citations
12. FRONT AND BACK MATTER
Exercise 12-1. Editing a Table of Contents
Exercise 12-2. Editing a Glossary
13. MARKUP
Exercise 13-1. Markup of Greeked Text
Exercise 13-2. Markup of Instructional Text: A First-Aid Guide
PART 3. LANGUAGE EDITING
14. GRAMMAR AND USAGE: PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS
Exercise 14-1. Found in the Wild
Exercise 14-2. The Truth Is Out There
15. BEYOND GRAMMAR
Exercise 15-1. Editing for Bias-Free Writing
Exercise 15-2. Editing for Plain Language
Exercise 15-3. Counting Heads: Beyond Copyediting
ANSWER KEYS
Appendix: Manual Copyediting Symbols
Selected Bibliography
