{"product_id":"the-copyeditors-workbook-9780520294356","title":"The Copyeditors Workbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EXERCISES\u003cbr\u003e A Copyediting Challenge: Test Your Skills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART 1. THE ABCs OF COPYEDITING\u003cbr\u003e 1. WHAT COPYEDITORS DO\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 1-1. Comparing Editorial Styles\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 1-2. Preliminary File Cleanup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. BASIC PROCEDURES\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 2-1. Hand Marking a Manuscript\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 2-2. Editing On-Screen\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 2-3. Editorial Markup of PDF Files\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 2-4. Querying\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 2-5. Creating a Style Sheet\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 2-6. Writing a Transmittal Memo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. REFERENCE BOOKS AND RESOURCES\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 3-1. Using Dictionaries\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 3-2. Using Style Manuals\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 3-3. Consulting Usage Guides\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 3-4. Using the Google Books Ngram Viewer\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 3-5. Using Practical Grammar\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 3-6. Doing Internet Research\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 3-7. Specialized Style Guides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART 2. EDITORIAL STYLE\u003cbr\u003e 4. PUNCTUATION\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 4-1. Punctuation\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 4-2. Restrictive versus Nonrestrictive Modifiers\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 4-3. Editorial Zealotry: A Light Copyedit\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 4-4. American Humor: A Medium Copyedit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. SPELLING AND HYPHENATION\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 5-1. Compound Forms\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 5-2. A Publisher’s Catalog: A Light Copyedit\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 5-3. A Health Newsletter: A Medium Copyedit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. CAPITALIZATION AND THE TREATMENT OF NAMES\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 6-1. Capitalization\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 6-2. Finding Work: A Light Copyedit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. NUMBERS AND NUMERALS\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 7-1. Numbers and Numerals in Nontechnical Text\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 7-2. Numbers and Numerals in Technical Text\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 7-3. Editing a Recipe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. QUOTATIONS\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 8-1. Quotations\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 8-2. It’s Our Money Awards: More Quotations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 9-1. Medical Language: Abbreviations and Symbols\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 9-2. A Travel Guide: More Abbreviations and Symbols\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. TABLES, GRAPHS, AND ART\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 10-1. Editing Tables\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 10-2. Restructuring Tables\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 10-3. Editing More Complex Tables\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 10-4. Editing Graphs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. REFERENCES\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 11-1. Editing Author-Date References\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 11-2. Taming Citation Managers\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 11-3. Editing Reference Notes\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 11-4. Creating Author-Date Citations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. FRONT AND BACK MATTER\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 12-1. Editing a Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 12-2. Editing a Glossary\u003cbr\u003e 13. MARKUP\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 13-1. Markup of Greeked Text\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 13-2. Markup of Instructional Text: A First-Aid Guide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART 3. LANGUAGE EDITING\u003cbr\u003e 14. GRAMMAR AND USAGE: PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 14-1. Found in the Wild\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 14-2. The Truth Is Out There\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15. BEYOND GRAMMAR\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 15-1. Editing for Bias-Free Writing\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 15-2. Editing for Plain Language\u003cbr\u003e Exercise 15-3. Counting Heads: Beyond Copyediting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ANSWER KEYS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Manual Copyediting Symbols\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402892321111,"sku":"9780520294356","price":18.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520294356.jpg?v=1730481792","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-copyeditors-workbook-9780520294356","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}