Question Some time last year I proofread and edited a Masters dissertation and guess what, it's back and I have to furnish it with a certificate of publication that is library journal ready/compatible. My ask is, has anyone ever given a certificate of publication and,...
Question Some clients seem extremely disinclined to pay for the editing services they have received. I realise that one should have the correct agreement in place beforehand but, despite that safeguard, some clients still regard payment as optional, despite repeated...
The Pharos Online dictionaries corpus is within the Media24 publishing group, so includes all books available from imprints like the trusted Tafelberg, Human & Rousseau, Kwela and Queillerie, the Best Books Educational series, Via Afrika, and all newspapers,...
The Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) offers PEG members a 20% discount on its educational courses. To enroll, PEG members must first register as a guest on the EFA Website. Once an account has been created, students can enroll in courses and webinars. Use the...
There is no consensus amongst clients and dictionaries -- so the bottom line is consistency, consistency, consistency. Make a style sheet...
Question Some time last year I proofread and edited a Masters dissertation and guess what, it's back and I have to furnish it with a...
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Question Does anyone have access to an updated urban dictionary or reference for contemporary terminology? If it leans heavily towards...
Question Some clients seem extremely disinclined to pay for the editing services they have received. I realise that one should have the...
The Pharos Online dictionaries corpus is within the Media24 publishing group, so includes all books available from imprints like the...
Many PEGgers think CPD is not worthwhile because: they don't have time for it they know it all already they can't afford it it's boring...
Question I've been freelancing as an author in educational publishing for some years now, and the royalty percentage for the writing has...
Question I was wondering if someone could provide some guidance on an issue with footnote numbering. I am editing a document, and text has...
Question One of our PEG members asked: Hi, everyone! I just want to ask if there are any English-Afrikaans (and vice-versa) resources...
Have you ever had to edit a document that has kilometres in one sentence and miles in the next, or kilogrammes in one recipe and pounds in...
There are two ways to access the jobs: either singly through a {PEG Official} WORK email or in bulk via the website: Through PEG Official...
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The Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) offers PEG members a 20% discount on its educational courses. To enroll, PEG members must...
Cadman Training Courses Professional Editors Guild members now receive a 25% discount on all courses and webinars from Cadman Training....
Question: When is it appropriate to drop the word 'that'? I am editing a book and the author dispenses with the use of the word...
Question I’m desperate for advice on a 400+ PhD that is terribly unstable. The paragraph settings won’t work, table of contents won’t...
Competence refers to a basic or minimal ability to do something. For example, in my performance contract, in addition to KPAs, ten...
Question When there is a 'but' between two clauses, when do you need a comma and when not? Example (the context is narrative, not formal):...
It's sometimes hard to decide how to treat cross-references and field names in running text, like instructions for using a program. Should...
“This is a sentence.” “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said. “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue...
Often the DOIs and URLs in a reference list create large, ugly gaps (especially if the list is justified) because they do not break...
Did you know that odd-numbered pages should always be on the right in a printed book? Unfortunately, when Word shows two pages in Print...
Hiding white space (the top and bottom margins of your pages, which contain headers and footers) allows you to scroll faster through the...
Question: I'm editing a document with many headings and sub-headings, only some of which have been taken up in the automatically created...
A DOI is a digital object Identifier, which is a unique string of numbers, letters, and symbols that identifies a document or article and...
Referencing styles have usually been created by an organisation that specialises in a certain tyle of information, and the styles specify:...
Reference list A reference list is a list of the books and other items referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix....
What is a live bibliography? A live bibliography or reference list has live hyperlinks (usually blue and underlined. If you click on it,...
The useful advice in this FAQ about the steps and considerations when calculating a quotation for a project was contributed by several...
Question Heléne van der Westhuizen asked: Are accurately, precisely and exactly interchangeable and are there context/nuance differences...
To find information on the current page, press Ctrl+f (Find) and enter the term you want in the popup textbox. To search the whole...
If you have been a member of the Professional Editors' Guild for less than a year, you can ask the PEG administrator for a letter to prove...
To omit the label and number from a List of Tables or Figures in Microsoft Word, go to References > Table of Figures. The Tables and...
Sometimes you need to remove your name from Track Changes after you have already made corrections. Go to Review > Compare > Compare....
Graphs are commonly used in technical reports to show trends and relationships. They can convey a wealth of information in a compact and...
The word "sanction" has two seemingly opposite meanings, and it belongs to a category of English words called contronyms. A contronym is a...
You can insert an emoji into emails and computer text by pressing the Windows key + a period (dot/full stop) and then selecting it from...
First check your style guide and follow that if you can. If the country has changed its name, list its publications under their names as...
I think the difference between redundancy and tautology is the following: Redundancy Redundancy is careless repetition, without any...
PEG's financial year runs from March to February. Published on: Aug 16, 2024 at 08:40 12 words
Use a Unicode fraction generator tool Mike Leisegang very kindly shared this discovery with the PEGforum group as follows. I was...
The correct usage is always: (this) kind of vehicle BUT (those) kinds of vehicles (this) type of plant BUT (those) types of plants (this)...
An American Psychological Association blog has very useful advice about how to cite and keep records of ChatGPT advice. Posted Aug 11,...
Perfect 6 now accommodates Mac users better PerfectIt Cloud has significant improvements, including: Improved reliability when working...
You can be listed in the Directory of Members’ Services on the Find an expert page: if * you have been a member for at least the last...
'Femininity' relates to characteristics that are socially constructed, things people have decided about what it means to be feminine, such...
PNG is better for images like logos because you can have transparent areas on PNG images. They are also slightly better if you are going...
The following information originated in a PEGforum thread called Driven mad by Word, which started on Thursday 30 May 2024 at 10:51:09,...
Have you also had sleepless nights about sentences such as these? What do you think of his deciding to go? What do you think...