The heart of New Hart’s Rules
It was 9 October 1916 and a few months into the third year of the First World War. Horace Hart, the visionary who saw the necessity of penning down the style rules for the English language, had taken his own life.
Professionalism is rooted in skill and knowledge
This question may have an obvious answer but when you look a little deeper into our profession, you’ll find many of us without formal training as copy editors and proofreaders.
How to use colons and semicolons
Ever wonder how to use colons and semicolons? In this edition of PEGblog, Lyn Aecer attempts to win over some editors to the use of these marks while they improve texts.
What does it mean to be a professional editor?
To kick off our blog, editor and writing consultant Alexis Grewan tells us what it means to be a professional editor in a four-part series of posts.
Welcome to PEGblog!
PEG is proud and pleased to announce the launch of PEGblog. We hope that you will visit us often to read the latest posts and to interact with PEG and its members.