PEG has a number of membership categories. Accredited text editors (ATEs) Associate members Full members Student members First-time members do not have to give any assurance of their experience or skill; they are...
PEG Accredited Text Editors (ATEs) are PEG members who have passed PEG’s accreditation test with a mark of at least 80%. These members have proven their efficiency and skill in applying the rules of English grammar and...
‘Voice’ expresses whether the subject in a sentence acts (active voice) or is acted on (passive voice). Active voice is more direct and can give your writing authority and purpose. Passive voice, if overused, can make...
Sometimes you want Word's document properties and Track Changes not to disclose your name. Here's how to remain anonymous and just be known as Author or Editor or Reviewer. For PCs Answer 1: Go to File > Options...
English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and we call a/an the...
Because means “for the reason that”. As has several different meanings. To avoid ambiguity, use because if you are talking about why something is done. Published on: Nov 26, 2022 at 07:55 29 words
As well as does not mean and. Only use it before an item that is different from the other items in the list, e.g., He bought milk and eggs, as well as books. (Note the and before eggs and the comma before as well as.)...
There are any number of conventions for figure and table captions but here are some suggestions: First and foremost, table captions must be placed above table; figure captions below figures. If the figures or tables...
An introductory phrase sets the stage for the main part of the sentence: After the meeting was over, he was exhausted. While she was getting ready for bed, she heard a knock at the door. There are several types of...
As connectors, conjunctions join different elements (words, phrases or clauses) in a sentence. There are two types of conjunction: coordinating conjunctions (or paratactic conjunctions) and subordinating conjunctions...
A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more existing words. Examples are: billiard table bread and butter cat food five-pound note playgroup pyjama trousers You can pluralise the compound noun by using the usual...
Not always. Once you start to use a noun, keep using it for consistency – avoid ‘thesaurus syndrome’ (firm, company, organisation, corporation; program, project, job, assignment) because it confuses your readers. But...
A language editor (copy editor) is someone who has the skill and expertise to make a piece of writing easy to read and clear in meaning. Language editors correct punctuation and grammar, make sure the correct meaning...
Try to put all lists into some sort of order – alphabetical (ABC), numerical (123) or chronological (by date). Alphabetical order is usually the best and simplest. It makes it easier for your readers to find or re-find...
PEG members have free access to our premium subscription to the invaluable online resource, Oxford Dictionaries. Log into your PEG account. Look up the Oxford Dictionaries username and password under Resources >...
Parallelism requires you to use the same grammatical form in all the items of a list –- they should either all start with verbs or they should all start with nouns. It is not good style to have some start with verbs...
Sometimes you need to convert a PDF into editable text. The following enable you to do so: Microsoft Word often opens PDFs as editable Word documents PDF-XChange Editor (free) LibreOffice (free) More information is...
PEG has a number of membership categories. Accredited text editors (ATEs) Associate members Full members Student members First-time members are automatically given associate membership (if they are not students) or...
Please click here to view the PEG Website Registration Process document. The document will open in a new tab on your browser. From there you can view it directly, print or download it. Published on: Nov 26, 2022 at...
Copy-editing is the process of working on the author’s original text (in final draft) to make sure it reads well, makes sense and has no errors in grammar, spelling or punctuation. Copy-editing can occur in varying...