by Tweed Editing | Apr 28, 2010 | style, tone
How far would you go to avoid using a cliché? The second half of this NYT post has useful perspective on the perils—and merits—of oft-used phrases. The moral of the story: If there is thought behind the cliché, why avoid it? As long as you are keeping the focus on...
by Tweed Editing | Apr 20, 2010 | Ask TWEED, documentation
Dear TWEED Editing: My roommate is doing a paper on a film and wants to quote the director from the director’s commentary. Do you have a website recommendation that would explain how one could properly format that in their ‘Works Cited’ section?...
by Tweed Editing | Apr 19, 2010 | frivolity
From Miss Moss comes this update on London’s 2010 Tweed Run. Click through for video proof of the tweediness. Such events are something of a trend these days, with my fair city of Portland, Oregon, following suit. (Get it? Suit?!) Here’s the link to the...
by Tweed Editing | Apr 19, 2010 | guides, punctuation, style, tone
While powerful communication devices, scare quotes are also easy to abuse. They’re used to distance the writer from the term in question. When someone makes the two-finger air-quotes gesture while speaking, that’s the real-world equivalent of...
by Tweed Editing | Apr 14, 2010 | frivolity
Academic writing is a special form of communication with its own goals, methods, and conventions. The scholarly writer requires an editor with a critical eye for mechanics and effective argumentation, a firm grasp of academic citation styles, and an appreciation of...
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