Singular subjects must have singular verbs, and plural subjects must have plural verbs. A singular subject + of + a plural object. What misleads many an author and some editors is those constructions where the true...
To apply for full membership, please contact fullmembership@editors.org.za. Click here to see a list of requirements in the 'Member categories' tab at the bottom of the page under the heading 'Full Member'. Published...
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Diversity refers to the characteristics, experiences, and other distinctions that make one person different from another: race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation, as well as socioeconomic background,...
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines worldbuilding as: The creation of a fictional world (especially within the science fiction and fantasy genres) that is believable and consistent within the context of the story....
PEG'S 30th Anniversary Conference was held from the afternoon of 31 May to the evening of 1 June 2023. Click here to see the programme. Published on: July 1, 2023 at 18:39. Link changed February 21, 2025 26...
The question A PEG member asked the PEGforum*: When does one add the definite article to 'National Treasury'? I see it used with and without the article in their own documents: The National Treasury takes note of the...
The Professional Editors' Guild has a high standard of ethics and codes of conduct. Code of conduct, March 2021 Constitution, amended June 2022 Data privacy policy, June 2021 Data privacy statement, August 2021...
House style guides give pointers on general stylistic preferences: font and font size, margin sizes, colours, dictionary, not using italics for certain Latinisms in legal texts. Style sheets are to record style...
The {PEG Official} egroup is the official mailing list, where you will receive event invitations, PEG news, job listings and official announcements. Only exco members have permission to post to this list. The...
PerfectIt is a customisable software program offered by Intelligent Editing to check many kinds of consistency: spelling, abbreviations, quotation marks, capitalisation... Since the application of consistency is at the...
What you charge depends on what type of editing or proofreading service you are offering and how much your client is willing to pay. The more work you do, the more you can charge. Unfortunately, there are conflicting...
Accreditation enables PEG members to advertise their level of competence to clients, it boosts their self-confidence, and enables them to benchmark themselves against international best practice. PEG has conducts an...
When you have been a member of PEG for a minimum of one year, have paid your membership fee for the next year, and have earned at least 20 CPD hours in the previous 12-18 months, you may apply for a standard PEG email...
If you have a very old laptop, with an old operating system and drivers you haven't updated in forever, don't bother with Office 2021: your laptop won’t be able to handle it. If you have a newer laptop, then 2021 will...
You need at least: an I5 processor (I7 if your budget can swing it), 16 to 32 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB SSD hard drive (but bigger is better). I usually order a custom laptop as I like a 17-inch screen and those are rare...
An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel. Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor. At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar -- fresh as a...
Every name is called a NOUN, like field and fountain, street and town. In place of noun the PRONOUN stands like he and she can clap their hands. The ADJECTIVE describes a thing, like magic wand and bridal ring. The...
For the PC Word version of Microsoft 365: Put your cursor anywhere in the paragraph you want to show in the Table of Contents. Go to Home > Paragraph > dialog box launcher (the dialog box launcher is the diagonal...
For the PC Word version of Microsoft 365: 1. Put your cursor anywhere in the text version of the heading you do not want to show in the Table of Contents. 2. Go to Home > Paragraph > dialog box launcher (see...