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PEGboard 1(1) to PEGboard 16(2) 2009
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Professional Editors Group Newsletter 1(1) –1994-11
Report back: From Gutenberg to gigabytes – 1
A note to the reader – Matthew Seal 1
Editorial: Now we are one – Matthew Seal 1
Bookshop news: Is there a RESURGENCE? – 3
Electronic media 4
Whither the electronic book? – Mary-Jane Bosch 5
The business of freelance – Richard Raper 6
The Pasa doble [merger of the Publishers’ Association of SA and the Independent Publishers’ Association of SA] – 7
Sub’s corner: One-liners – 7
Gender issues: Speak to your audience – 8
Who saves the media independents? – 8
Training: Train, don’t strain – 9
Salary survey: A look at rates in the UK – 10
New association [ASAIB] – 11
Mission from London – Vicky Unwin 11
For your reference – 12
The PEG directory – 13
The British Council – 13
My dream job [The Comrades Marathon Story] and my nightmare job – Matthew Seal 14
PEG international – 15
Calendar – 16
PEGboard 1 – 1995-03
PEG’s first AGM 1
Note to the Reader 1
Books in the Basement 2
Unification 3
Of Directories 3
Editor’s Choice 4
Something New 5
Society Talk 5
Networking 6
More links 7
Sub’s Corner 7
Brave New World 8
English – still crazy 9
Books for Africa 10
Training 11
Calendar 12
Second proof 12
Spread your Wings 12
PEGboard 10(4) 2003-11
The Beginning – 1993 2
PEGregious 3
Quo vadis PEG? 5
Year 1 – 1994 6
Year 2 – 1995 8
Why PEG? 9
Word Power 10
Year 3 – 1996 12
Who benefits from the directory 12
Years 4 & 5 – 1997–1998 13
Is freelancing really free? 13
Year 6 – 1999 14
How do you like your snacks? 14
Editing then and now 15
Years 7 & 8 – 2000 & 2001 16
Year 9 – 2002 17
The business of editing 18
Year 10 – 2003 19
What freelancers want 20
PEGboard 7(1) 2000-05
A big new world out there 1
Editor’s Notebook 3
Like and Such as – Mary Hazelton 3
Mome Raths and Mondegreens – Cynthia Kemp 4
The world we live and work in 5
Which reader are you? 7
Book Clubs in South Africa – Greg McCutcheon 8
PEGboard 11(4) 2004-11
The independent editor 1
Blame the gremlins 3
Q&A meeting 4
Techno Talk: Using Google 5
Welcome 6
Q&A 6
PEG profile 7
Book review 8
PEGboard 14(4) 2007-11
Learn to labour and to wait: Editing our history – André Snyders 1
The Editor’s Inkspot – André Snyders 2
New members 2
Meeting report-back: A hands-on publishing degree [Wits] – Mindy Stafford – 3
Thoughts on prepositions [rhyme by Morris Bishop] 3
Tips for Vista and Word 2007 – André Snyders 4
Debating accreditation – André Snyders 5
Confusables often confused – Gerald Zwim 6
Lessons from Lessing – [Doris Lessing] 7
Hyphens’ demise – Michael Quinion 7
Letter to the editor: Proved/proven – Derrick Hurlin 8
Lamentations of the editor – [Ian Frazier] 8
PEGboard 15(2) 2008-05
Surrender to science 1
The Editor’s Inkspot 2
PEGgers at Bookjol 3
Profile: Tiffany Marksman 4
Diary of an editor 5
Non-fiction is tops 5
Pioneers and paradigms 6
The proper use of numbers 7
Your PEG directory entry 8
Editing banned 8
New members 8
PEGboard 15(3) 2008-08
Sparing and deliberate 1
The Editor’s Inkspot 2
The Cape Town Book Fair 3
A guide to using corpora 4
Rates 5
Diary column: Editors are critical 6
TeX and ReferenceChecker 6
English for Work symposium 7
PEG Profile: Paula Marais, Logogog 8
PEGboard 15(4) 2008-11
Our quindecennial anniversary 1
The Editor’s Inkspot 2
Freedom of action 2
Jo-Anne Richards: Hero’s journey 3
Strategy planning session 5
Meeting report: The Write Stuff 6
Grammar scraps 6
Belloc’s essay ‘On Spelling’ 7
Worstel while you work 7
PEGboard 16(1) 2009-02
AGM gives PEG the thumbs up 1
Meet the new PEG team 4
Cape Town meeting report-back: Future of print in the Internet Age? 6
e-PEGboard? 6
Gauteng meeting report-back: Stylish brunch and networking 7
This Yearbook’s no yawn 8
Mentoring 8
PEGboard 16(3) 2009-08
PEG to explore global market [London Book Fair] 1
Chair’s Chatter – John Linnegar 2
Ed’s Inkspot – Hester van der Walt 2
First Jozi Book Fair – Jo Warner and Norman Blight 3
From strength to strength: Cape Town Report-back – Kristina Davidson 3
PEGgers shine at Cape Town Book Fair 4
PEG hosts CTBF panel discussions 4
Stop press: Minicon change 4
Glowing winter warmer: Gauteng Meeting Report-back – Jill Bishop 5
Basic layout tips for MS Word – Mary Hazelton 6
New at PEG 6
Status of editors and state of editing in South Africa – summary by John Linnegar of a report by Melanie Law and Haidee Kruger 7
Get started, not stumped – Derrick Hurlin 8
PEGboard 16(4) 2009-12
PEGboard goes electronic 2
Ed’s inkspot 2
Plain language conference 3
Chair’s chatter 4
Membership categories 4
Book review: Engleish, our Engleish 5
Classification and the pencil test 6
Secretary’s scribbles 7
From the Marketing committee 8
PEGboard 17(1) 2010-02
Chair’s chatter 3
Ed’s inkspot 3
Piloting the test 4
Emphasis on marketing 4
Don’t miss the 2010 PEG Directory! 4
PEG newbies 5
Mentoring via Skype 6
Plain Language Conference reports 7–20
PEGboard 17(2–3) 2010-Jun–Aug
Matthew Seal on the LBF and his PEG award 1
Sharon Rubin finds her way around the LBF 2
Jill Fresen renews PEG contacts at the LBF 2
Matthew Seal on his writing career 3
Chair’s chatter 4
Ed’s inkspot 5
Breaking into fiction – in Franschhoek 6
Ook in Franschhoek – Fiksieredigering in Afrikaans 7
Reflections on PEG Franschhoek conference 8
Gauteng’s socials 10
Veronica Mathebula self-publishes her first novel 11
The published PDFs started to be circulated by email in 2011.
PEGboard 18(1) 2011-01
Chair’s chatter 1
Ed’s inkspot 3
Recent publications 3
A warm welcome to new members 4
He said, she said 6
The making of a truly South African dictionary 7
How to design a DIY website 8
Setting the Seal on a momentous year 10
Announcement of Editing Fiction and Narrative Non-fiction Workshop 11
Lighting the LAMP [now closed down] 12
Marketing Committee coordinator steps down 13
Representation on Cape Town Book Fair Council 14
PEGboard 18(2) 2011-06
Notice of AGM 1
Chair’s chatter 1
Ed’s Inkspot 4
Derrick Hurlin – mender of words and Bibles 4
The bio-engineer who became an editor 5
Welcome, newbies! 6
A new website for PEG 8
Editing works of fiction 9
Teksredaksie: wat om te kontroleer 13
Launch presentation of the Oxford South African Concise Dictionary 15
PEGboard 18(3) 2011-12
Chair’s Chatter 1
Update on the Derrick Hurlin Mentoring Award 2
Book Reviews 4
Introduction to Selections from Working Words 8
Current Revision of Australian Standards for Editing Practice 15
Forthcoming Events to look forward to 15
Potent Analyses of Plain Language 16
The Future of Language: South African English in Zoo City 17
Some Plain Language Resources 19
PEGboard 19(1) 2012-06
Chair’s Chatter 1
Viva la PEG! 2
‘Master Editing: Adding Top Value’: A rare opportunity for editors in South Africa! 3
Further selections from Working words 4
Referencing techniques workshop 11
Forthcoming events 11
Factors to consider when starting your own business (Part 1) 12
Book reviews 15
Managing freelance editors 17
PEGboard 20(2) 2012-10
Chair’s chatter 1
Peg mentoring scheme 2
Mentoring: what it means 3
To serve and correct 6
Mentorship with Dr Derrick Hurlin 7
Elizabeth Manning Murphy Master class 8
PEG AGM 10
How to copy track changes comments text into another document 11
Book news 11
Book review 12
Further selection from Working words 13
PEGboard 20(3) 2012-12
Chair’s chatter 1
A final selection from Working words 2
A brief international experience 7
Attending the Gauteng November workshop on
Editing Works of Fiction 9
Editing is like… 10
Over to you… book reviews 12
PEGboard 20(1) 2013-07
Kathy Gibbs signing out 1
Chair’s chatter 1
Meet the Western Cape Branch Committee 3
Gone to PCs – personal reflections on the editing of postgrad dissertations 5
The University of Pretoria: Editing principles and practice certificate course 7
Mentorship news 8
The PEG Gauteng Winter Warmer 11
PEGboard 20(2) 2013-10
Chair’s chatter 1
Forthcoming book reviews in Pegboard 3
Impressions of the 2013 PEG fiction editing workshop 4
Tools of the trade: the text editor’s editorial armoury 6
Introduction to the Gauteng Branch Committee 7
‘Editing at the Crossroads’ at Exeter 10
Op soek na die perfekte hulpbron 12
PEG as SA Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) careers evening 13
Editing across borders 14
PEG rates survey 20
PEG guides now available 21
Thesis editing workshop 22
Forthcoming events 22
Across borders, oceans, cultures … it’s all the same: editing’s not without its challenges (Part 1) 23
Across borders, oceans, cultures (Part 2) 27
PEGboard 20(3) 2013-12
Chair’s chatter 1
Forthcoming events for 2014 2
Fundraiser 3
Falling into a comma 4
Negotiating a fair rate 7
Meet your Executive Committee 8
Die ABC van redigering: A is vir adresse 10
Book review: Jabulani means rejoice: A dictionary of South African names 12
Computer skills for editors 13
Perspectives on mentorship 14
Year-end functions 16
PEGboard 21(1) 2014-04
Chair’s chatter 1
Footnote summit 5
Computer tips for editors 6
Surviving as a freelancer 7
’n Dief aan die kers book review 8
Gauteng networking brunch 9
B is vir byvoeglike naamwoorde en bywoorde 10
Getting down to the nitty-gritty 12
Fundraiser for mentoring scheme award 13
Falling even deeper into a comma 14
Who’s your colleague anyway? Elaine Dodge 17
Nuwe Afrikaanse boek nou beskikbaar – HAT 19
PEGboard 21(2) 2014-08
Chair’s chatter 1
Forthcoming branch events 2
A better book fair: Cape Town 2014 3
The business end: 2014 AGMs 6
Life membership recipients 7
Using verbs with vigour 7
English nitty-gritty workshop – Cape Town 9
English nitty-gritty workshop – Gauteng 10
Impressions of the fifth annual workshop
on ‘Editing Works of Fiction’ 11
Die ABC van redigering: C 12
Mastering track changes 15
‘Damsels who’ or ‘damsels that’? 17
Who’s your colleague anyway? Paula Valentim De Carvalho 19
Book review: Effective writing: plain English at work 20
PEGboard 21(3) 2014-12
Chair’s chatter 1
In an English country garden:
PEG’s 21st anniversary conference 3
Celebrating 21 years of PEG 6
Here’s to you, PEG! Letter from our founder on the occasion of our 21st birthday celebration 8
Die ABC van redigering: C (deel 2) 10
English nitty-gritty workshops 12
#1 Redigering van Afrikaanse fiksie 12
#2 Getting to grip with Plain Language 13
#3 isiXhosa workshop 14
#4 Working with illustration briefs and illustrations 15
‘Fit for purpose’ – SfEP’s annual conference 16
Never apologise for being a purist 17
PEG member wins prestigious award 18
A day in the life 19
Using verbs with vigour (part 2) 20
PEG comes of age 22
Derrick Hurlin Mentoring Award raffle 28
PEGboard 22(1) 2015-05
Chair’s chatter – Isabelle Delvare 1
Simple style tips for editors – Melanie Law 5
‘D’ is vir deelwoorde – Corné Janse van Rensburg 7
Nitty-gritty practical workshops: 1. Music editing – Michelle Savage; 2. Some basics of editing
and proofreading revisited – Judy Botha 9
‘Flying direct’ or ‘flying directly’? Knowing your adverbs from your adjectives – Lin Aecer 11
Correct English: reality or myth? – Geoffrey Marnell [Reviewer: John Linnegar] 13
The decline of the comma does not threaten literacy or violate grammar – The Times, 8 February 2014 15
Die aap in jou koffie: Afrikaanse eponieme van A tot Z – Anton F. Prinsloo [Resensent: Annamarie Mostert] 16
Who’s your colleague anyway? Jill Fresen 17
PEGboard 22(2) 2015-10
On stones – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
Problematic pronouns (Part 1) – Lin Aecer 3
Numbering headings – Melanie Law 5
‘E’ is vir eiename – Corné Janse van Rensburg 6
The joy of the Franschhoek Literary Festival – Anne Louise Taylor 9
Write | Edit | Index conference, Canberra, 6–9 May 2015 – John Linnegar 10
Who’s your colleague anyway? Lia Labuschagne 12
PEGboard 22(3) 2015-12
On pies – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
The singular (or plural?) matter of some problematic pronouns (Part 2) – Lin Aecer 3
F is vir Frans – Corné Janse van Rensburg 5
Working with Microsoft Word’s Table of Contents tool – Melanie Law 13
Styleboek: Riglyne vir paslik kry – Piet du Toit & Wanda Smith [Resensent: Ria Crafford] 15
A newby’s impression of the 2015 MET15 annual conference, Coimbra, Portugal – John Linnegar 17
Who’s your colleague anyway? Pam Makati 18
PEGboard 23(1) 2016-04
On laws (and regulations) – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
Punctuation: The essential tools for good sentence construction (Part One) – Lyn Aecer 4
G is vir Grieks – Corné Janse van Rensburg 11
Working with Word’s captions tool – Melanie Law 15
Workshop on editing an index – Anne Louise Taylor 17
PEG revellers meet for brunch [Western Cape branch] 17
An American in Joburg discovers a new world of book selling [Griffin Shea] – Nicolette Bosman 18
PEGgers sharing ideas over a cuppa coffee – Ruth Pressler 19
Getting paid by foreign clients: What you need to know – Lia Marus 21
Why the PEG Mentoring Scheme needs your support – [Reinoud Boers] 22
Who’s your colleague anyway? Paul Schamberger 22
PEGboard 23(2) 2016-10
On auspice – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
Punctuation: The essential tools for good sentence construction (Part Two) – Lyn Aecer 4
H is vir homonieme, homograwe en homofone (en poliseme) – Corné Janse van Rensburg 7
Document protection in Microsoft Word – Melanie Law 9
Ground-breaking Metheo ya ditokiso tsa sengolwa launched at an Editing Indaba, Bloemfontein, in February 11
Word from the Western Front [SENSE & MET] – John Linnegaar 12
Tools you can use to build your own website – Lia Marus 14
Who’s your colleague anyway? Beverley Pratt 15
c
On examples – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
Punctuation: The essential tools for adding flair to sentences (Part Four) – Lyn Aecer 4
I is vir Italiaanse leenwoorde – Corné Janse van Rensburg 7
MS Word: Using panes to edit and format more efficiently [Navigation, Styles, Reveal Formatting] – Melissa Davidson 10
English Nitty-Gritty Practical Editing Workshop with Kay-Ann van Rooyen – Blanche Michael 15
A personal reflection on the Practical Nitty-Gritty Editing Workshop on Basic Editing – Maggie Cubitt 16
A word from the Mentoring Committee – Reinoud Boers 17
Word from the Western Front – John Linnegar 18
Who’s your colleague anyway? Frances Ngubeni 20
PEGboard 24(1) 2017-06
On 2016/17 1
Let’s not get tense about verbs, shall we? 4
I is vir “iets goeds” of “iets slegs” 6
Working with (or without) hyperlinks in MS Word 8
Marketing for freelancers: Facebook 11
A word (or two) from the PEG mentoring scheme coordinator 12
What is this thing called “developmental editing”? 14
Word from the Western Front 15
Who’s your colleague anyway? Myf Steynberg 17
Note: There was only one issue in 2017. You can tell because the alphabetical Afrikaans articles go from ‘I’ above to ‘J’ below.
PEGboard 25(1) 2018-03
On hats 1
Reactivating the active voice 3
J is vir jaartalle 7
Time-saving tips for working in MSWord Review 8
PEG in numbers 9
Is “mentee” a word? 10
Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls (11de uitgawe, 2017) 13
Important dates 15
Who’s your colleague anyway? Mary Hazelton 16
PEGboard 25(2) 2018-07
Chairperson’s report 1
Forthcoming events 4
Online resources 4
Western Cape and national AGMs 5
KZN AGM 6
Gauteng AGM 7
English grammar article: To hyphenate or not to hyphenate 9
How editors read 12
Who’s your colleague anyway? Vanessa-Lynn Neophytou 15
Afrikaans grammar article: K is vir koppeltekens 16
Conference review: ACES conference 18
PEGboard 25(3) 2018-10
From the chairperson: On lares and penates – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
Colons and semicolons: More honour’s in the breach that the observance? – Lin Aecer 4
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2018 – Laetitia Sullivan 7
Forthcoming events 8
The editing of legislation in South Africa – Anirood Singh 9
The value of professional membership – Jacqui Baumgardt 11
Latyn in Afrikaans – Corné Janse van Rensburg 12
The prodigal tongue: The love-hate relationship between British and American English – Lynne Murphy [reviewed: Caroline Jeannerat] 14
PEG Gauteng winter warmer, 21 July 2018: Marketing strategy, Erich Viedge – Nicolette Gardiner Bosman 15
New books to add to your library 16
PEG KZN workshop on the basics of indexing, Arnia van Vuuren – Shielagh Bamber 17
Who’s your colleague anyway? Professor Thulani Zengele 18
The 2018 Derrick Hurlin Mentoring Award [to Hester van der Walt] – Reinoud Boers 19
PEGboard 26(1) 2019-01
From the chairperson: On thoughts – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
Modal verbs (‘can’, ‘may’, ‘might’, ‘must’, ‘shall’ and ‘will’): their usage and abusage in the indicative and subjunctive moods – Lyn Aecer 4
Forthcoming events 8
M: Multiwoordeiename – Corné Janse van Rensburg 10
Self-publishing 101 – Laetitia Sullivan 13
PEG launches its own grammar and punctuation guide 17
#newbooksforyourlibrary 17
The Copyright Amendment Bill is bad news for authors – Monica Seeber 18
Who’s your colleague anyway? Richard Jordi 19
PEGboard 26(2) 2019-04
From the chairperson: On proportion – Corné Janse van Rensburg 1
Phrasal verbs: ‘bring ’em on!’ – but let us not give in to temptation – Lin Aecer 4
Dates to diarise 6
Copyright wars – Catherine Roberts 7
New books 8
The PEG webinars project – Jacqui Baumgardt 9
N en O: Neweskikkende en onderskikkende voegwoorde – Corné Janse van Rensburg 11
PEG chat on acronyms 14
What mentees have had to say about PEG’s mentoring scheme – Reinoud Boers 16
PEGboard schedule for 2019 – Jacqui Baumgardt 17
Who’s your colleague anyway? Dr Nhlanhla Landa 18
PEGboard 26(3) 2019-07
From the chairperson: On 2018/2019 1
Dates to diarise 4
PEG branch office-bearers 2019/20 5
Structure words: Part 2 Relative pronouns and propositions 6
Mentees have their say 9
Nitty-gritty practical editing workshop IPEd accreditation test 10
P: Parentese 11
The art of fiction editing 14
Time of the Writer Festival 16
PEG Gauteng explores underground bookselling phenomenon in Johannesburg 17
How to write a fiction book review 19
Who’s your colleague anyway? Patricia McCracken 1
PEGboard 27(1) 2020-05
From the vice-chairperson: On space 1
Gender-neutral language causes us to think differently 4
A potpourri of common grammar and punctuation problems (and their solutions): Part 1 5
The supervisor–editor–student troika 8
Q: Leenwoordwoordeskat 10
The art of interpretation 12
The words of our time 13
National webinar programme 14
Webinars offer promising CPD opportunities 15
Why should a thesis be edited and what value does an editor add? 16
The ethically responsible approach to academic editing 18
PEG’s draft editorial standard for the ethical editing of academic writing to be submitted for diploma or
degree purposes 19
Chat of the month 21
Who’s your colleague anyway? Berrington Ntombela 22
The Proust Questionnaire 23
Competition corner 23
PEGboard 27(2) 2020-07
From the chairperson: On 2019/2020 1
E-guides now available for PEGgers 5
Editor’s expressions 6
How to access language resources through PEG’s website 7
Code of conduct 8
Announcement: PEG Accreditation Test, August 2020 10
What does the SALPC Act say about accreditation 11
A potpourri of common grammar and punctuation problems (and their solutions): Part 12 14
R: Reekse en lyste 17
Knowing your ham from your hesp: The cultural–linguistic trip-ups and booby traps twixt Afrikaans and Flemish 20
Hey-ho, a webinaring we shall go 22
National webinar programme for 2020/21 24
Book review: New Hart’s rules 25
The cost of editing (it’s a fair job) 26
Who’s your colleague anyway? Khomotso Leshaba 27
The Proust Questionnaire 28
Competition corner 31
PEGboard 28(1) 2021-01
From the chairperson: On lists 1
Editor’s expressions 4
The Executive Committee responds to the Annual Report 2019/20 feedback 5
Evaluation of PEG’s inaugural Accreditation Test, 23–29 August 2020 6
Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act 4 of 2013) 11
LinkedIn: The why and how in 11 steps 12
Plain, plainer, plainest: Plain Language is here to stay 14
S: Samestellende samestellings 16
Afrikaans and Flemish: Close siblings, long-lost cousins or comrades-in-arms? 19
The PEG mentoring scheme offers a world of opportunity 21
‘Pretty darn frustrating’ or PDF: Best practices for text mark-up in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 23
National webinar programme until August 27
African Indigenous Languages Forum webinar report 28
The real cost of editing 30
Chat of the month 31
Answers to the last Competition corner 32
Competition corner 36
Proust and Preferences 37
Win a copy of Brunch 37
PEGboard 28(2) 2021-05
Code of Conduct versus freedom of speech: In search of equilibrium 1
Editor’s expressions 7
In praise of PEG 7
South Africa’s legacy of isolation and politics: An enduring linguistic tragedy 8
Words commonly confused, misused and abused – Part 1 10
New PEG guide on fiction editing 13
Wenner van Afrikaanse kompetisie 13
PEG mentoring coordination has gone national 14
National webinar programme until November 2021 15
‘I write what I like’, Steve Biko (1978): The exciting challenge of using South African English 16
Paying peanuts 17
T: Tussenwerpsels 18
Who’s your colleague anyway? Jane Mqamelo 20
Competition corner 21
What the Guild meant to me in 2020 22
Your preferences 22
PEGboard 28(3) 2021-08
Chirp from the chair 1
AGM results 2
National webinar programme for 2021 3
Book review: The meaning of the library: A cultural history 3
Words commonly confused, misused and abused – Part 2 of 3 4
Meet the PEG mentors 6
Having a frothy about fonts 8
PEG webinars 9
What the POPI Act means for us as editors 10
PEG’s inaugural group of Accredited Text Editors (English) 11
Ten (free!) productivity tools for editors: Part 1 of 2 13
Who’s your colleague anyway? Menitza Botha 16
My webinar experience with Dr Claire Bacon 17
PEGboard 28(4) 2021-11
Chirp from the chair 1
Three question marks 2
Words commonly confused, misused and abused: Part 3 of 3 3
Recognition of PEG as a professional body 6
Please, Mrs Worthington, don’t put your thoughts on a page! 8
Book review: The big ten of grammar: Identifying and fixing the ten most frequent grammatical errors 9
Ten (free!) productivity tools for editors: Part 2 of 2 10
The lighter side of life: a WhatsApp conversation 13
Clocking up and keeping track of CPD hours 14
2021 Accreditation Test: Mission accomplished (and fingers crossed) 16
Ontdek die geheime van die agentskapmark 17
Who’s your colleague anyway? Busi Mkhonto 18
PEGboard 29(1) 2022-04
Chirp from the chair 1
Evaluation of PEG’s second Accreditation Test, September 2021 2
Dates to diarise: April to July 2022 3
Getting concord right: A very singular matter (or should that be ‘plural’?) 4
PEG’s second group of Accredited Text Editors (English) 6
Book review: The Facebook Marketing Book 7
Google mini-survey 8
Are you playing Wordle yet? 9
The mentoring role of an academic editor: Teaching students 10
How to keep a running list of references 11
Good news from our satisfied members 12
Will copy-writing artificial intelligence usurp human editors? 14
PEG’s Accreditation Scheme and continuing professional development 16
Copy-editing academic texts: Guidelines for students and authors 17
Who’s your colleague anyway? Elaine Persona
PEGboard 29(2) 2022-08
Chair’s chirp 1
Blunt objectives and disreputive drivers – the wonderful and weird world of copy-editing 2
Coffee Conversations 3
Book launch of isiZulu Text editing 3
Dates to diarise 3
Headings and subheadings 4
Book review: The English Is Coming! How One Language Is Sweeping the World 5
Die vryskutingesteldheid: Van taalpraktisyn na entrepreneur 6
A potpourri of common errors committed by EFL and ESL academic writers (Part 1) 8
PEG office bearers 2022/2023 11
2022 Annual Awards 11
Email, be gone! Using a text expander to reduce inbox fatigue 12
Volunteering – making a difference 15
Gambling or gambolling? Surfing the waves of Sibaya 16
Who’s your colleague anyway? Nyameko Bottoman 18
PEGboard 29(3) 2022-12
Chair’s chirp 1
A potpourri of common errors committed by EFL and ESL academic writers (Part 2) 2
Dates to diarise 5
Wanneer ’n loskop moet vasstaan 6
First post-COVID-19 in-person meeting for Gauteng 8
Book review: Dictionary of loanwords in the Cape Muslim vernacular 9
PEG Chat on a Harvard referencing conundrum 10
First post-COVID-19 face-to-face meeting for KwaZulu-Natal 11
You’ve cut your teeth on editing Will you make a good writer? 12
Lifelong learning and the prepared environment: How my homework as a parent has served my practice as an editor 14
Editing rates: Facts and figures to consider 16
Basics of contracting for your own editing business 18
Who’s your colleague anyway? Cara Helene 20
PEGboard 30(1) 2023-04
Chirp from the chair 1
Dates to diarise 2
PEG reaches its 30-year milestone 3
PEG: The prelims 8
Finding your editing niche 10
What would we do without … Track Changes? 12
Lötz of determination leads to success 16
PEG’s 30th Anniversary International Conference 17
Conscious language or conscious editors? Our words matter 18
The grammar question in PEG’s 2020 Accreditation Test: Answers and rationale behind them 20
PEG Western Cape branch informal meeting, 3 December 2022 23
Thesis trials and traumas 24
Accreditation Test 2022 Feedback from candidates who completed the test and the post-test survey 26
PEG Gauteng meet-up, 3 December 2022: Ethical dilemmas 32
Working with multilingual authors 33
PEG: Looking back and looking forward to strengthen the Guild 34
PEGboard 30(2) 2023-08
Chirp from the chair 1
Dates to diarise 2
The grammar question in PEG’s 2021 Accreditation Test: Answers and rationale behind them 3
Love them, hate them: The roller coaster of the author–editor relationship 7
Gautengers set to stay as fresh as daisies at their March meeting 9
What would we do without … Find and Replace? 10
Werk soos ’n masjien, maar bly steeds mens 14
Farewell tribute 15
A resounding success: Feedback from the 30th Anniversary Conference 16
Diversity and inclusivity: What does it mean for PEG? 18
The editor: Autocrat or democrat? 19
Book review: The Chicago guide to fact-checking 21
Tips for making content more accessible 23
Spreading your wings 25
PEGboard 30(3) 2023-12
Chirp from the chair 1
A dictionary-wide change 2
The grammar question in PEG’s 2022 Accreditation Test: Answers and rationale behind them 3
PEG Gauteng August get-together: A smashing success 6
AI in editing and proofreading: Friend or foe? 7
List numbering: The basics in Microsoft Word 9
Conscious and inclusive language: Building our skills to remain relevant 11
Banana boys, bunny chows and book fair buzz 12
The new ISO Standard for Plain Language 14
Who’s your colleague anyway? Bernadette Kiewiet 16
Coffee Conversations 17
PEGboard 31(1) 2024-04
Chirp from the chair 1
What’s in the PEG calendar for you? 2
‘Keep off the grass’ 1: Errors in English usage to be assiduously avoided or eliminated 3
Gauteng PEGgers give ‘voice’ to the topic of ‘author’s voice’ 5
PEG Western Cape: First quarterly meeting of 2024, Pinelands Library Committee Room 6
Exploring the frontiers of AI: A review of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI by Arthur Goldstuck 7
The power and importance of the native language 8
Who’s your colleague anyway? Shanitha Ramharak 9
PEG FAQs – asked and answered 10
Van volksvreemd tot klikgereed: Waar trek ons met generatiewe KI? 11
Doing Diversity 12
PEGboard 31(2) 2024-08
Chirps from acting chairs 1
What’s in the PEG calendar?
‘Keep off the grass’ 2: Errors in English usage to be assiduously avoided or eliminated 3
Two reviews – a podcast and a book 5
From the regions
* PEG Eastern Cape: Closing the gaps between members 7
* Gauteng PEGgers gather, share and eat cake 9
* Tech talk among KZN PEGgers 10
*PEG Western Cape’s AGM and guest speaker 11
Opinion: Knowing your audience 12
Who’s your colleague anyway? Themba Mkhonto 14
Doing diversity 15
Redigering aan die hand van Renkema se K3-model op die proef gestel 16
PEGboard 31(3) 2024-12
Chirps from acting chairs 1
Calling PEGgers to mentoring action 2
Problematic preposition usage: part 1 3
Doing diversity: Confirmation bias 5
Academic Writing and Editing: Towards clear, concise and coherent texts 6
A true crime series with a language twist 8
From the regions
* PEG Eastern Cape: Evolving our craft, together 9
* Gautengers embrace conscious and inclusive language 10
* WC PEGgers discover the joy of reviewing books 12
Opinion: The right to a name 13
Who’s your colleague anyway? Donna Smith 14
Becoming familiar with Renkema’s CCC model: Two case studies 16
PEGboard 32(1) 2025-04
Chirp from the chair 1
Doing diversity: Affinity bias 2
Problematic preposition usage: Part 2 3
Three Cs of a PEG mentorship: Competence, confidence and CPD hours 6
Book Review – On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King 7
The reader’s report: An invaluable tool 8
From the regions
• Fun ’n games at PEG Western Cape’s November 2024 meeting 10
• Writing and editing presented at the Durban Book Fair 11
• Gauteng PEGgers ‘get goaling’ 13
• PEG Eastern Cape: New friends and old meet around shared interests 14
Who’s your colleague anyway? Warda Abdurahman 16
Wat doen die WAT om inklusiwiteit te ondersteun? 17