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- Finding work: The real stats
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- Plagiarism: rooting it out
- The accreditation debate
- Technology for editors – made nice and simple: Part 2
- The ‘P’ in ‘PEG’
- Book review: Improve your editor website. A comprehensive guide
- 7 tips to avoid isolation when editing from home
- Rates – How much should I charge?
- The author’s voice
- 6 tips for your first editing gigs
- 3 ways to reduce the risk of non-payment
- How to find your files
- Social media marketing for editors
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- Social media marketing: So many questions
- Social media marketing: Consider the data
- The cost of editing
- A snapshot of the social media landscape in South Africa
- Understanding marketing and social media marketing
- 10 tips for better blog writing
- Professional editors adhere to an ethical code
- Professionalism means fair remuneration for expert services
- What does it mean to be a professional editor?
- Professionalism
- How editors can navigate hurt and respond with kindness
- How would you rate my profile?
- 4 rules for editors to stay in check and out of trouble
- Editor-client communication – What should it include?
- Navigating editorial challenges with emotional intelligence: building strong author-editor relationships
- Plagiarism: rooting it out
- The accreditation debate
- The ‘P’ in ‘PEG’
- Book review: Improve your editor website. A comprehensive guide
- The author’s voice
- 6 tips for your first editing gigs
- Editing and proofreading
- How editors can navigate hurt and respond with kindness
- Hell, yes, I’m sensitive!
- Table of Contents – How do I use outline levels?
- Artificial intelligence and academic English language editing
- Bibliography or reference list – What is the difference?
- Accurate, exact, precise – What is the difference?
- Disability is not an inability
- Lists of tables and figures – How do I exclude the label and number?
- Track Changes – How do I make them anonymous?
- How’s your colleague now? Paula de Carvalho
- Sanction, one word with two opposite meanings – What is it called?
- Emojis/emoticons – How do I insert them?
- Finding work: The real stats
- Redundancy and tautology – What is the difference?
- A cautionary tale
- How would you rate my profile?
- To be or not to be
- Fractions – How can I make them look consistent?
- Kinds/types/sorts/varieties/etc – Plus singular or plural?
- Even editors’ brains can be sneaky
- ChatGPT – How do I cite it?
- PerfectIt – How do MAC users get the PEG discount?
- Science, SI, and Cary, North Carolina
- Text linguistics (and its role in text quality)
- Femininity vs femaleness
- JPG or PNG – When do I use them?
- Language, UK or US – How to set it permanently
- GERUNDS – Is it ‘his’ deciding’ or ‘him’ deciding?
- 4 rules for editors to stay in check and out of trouble
- When editors go the extra mile
- Formatting before editing 3: Figure and table captions
- JOB TITLES – Should they be capitalised?
- What is this thing called ‘style’?
- Should a preposition end a sentence?
- Editing as a side hustle: a personal perspective
- I am new to editing – What should I know?
- Latin abbreviations – Should I use italics?
- Renkema’s CCC model: Why is it useful?
- Renkema se K3-model: Hoekom is dit nuttig?
- SPELLING – Health care, health-care or healthcare?
- How to spot plagiarism
- (Power)Toys for Editors
- Active and passive voice
- Why do we edit?
- Plagiarism: rooting it out
- Tools you need to be a copy editor
- The accreditation debate
- Technology for editors – made nice and simple: Part 2
- Editing for conscious and inclusive language
- Collective nouns – Singular or plural?
- Noun-verb agreement – What are the rules?
- Book review: Improve your editor website. A comprehensive guide
- Technology for editors – made nice and simple 1: The basics
- Formatting before editing 2: Headings
- Sentence structure
- PEG on Plain: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- ChatGPT for editors – friend or foe?*
- Formatting before Editing 1: Introduction
- 7 tips to avoid isolation when editing from home
- It’s all write to be wrong
- Honouring Hester von Wielligh
- My take on certain aspects of academic editing
- The comma
- Codes and ethics – What does PEG say?
- PEG publications: From the postman on foot to the portal online
- PerfectIt – What is it and why should editors use it?
- Rates – How much should I charge?
- The author’s voice
- Computer software – Which version of Microsoft Office should I buy?
- Computer hardware – What does an editor need?
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 3)
- Figures of speech – illustrated
- Parts of speech – illustrated
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 2)
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 1)
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 2)
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 1)
- Gender-neutral language causes us to think differently
- Types of editing and their roles in the quality of your manuscript
- Why a style guide?
- Trade books: The role of editors and proofreaders
- Developmental editing of a memoir
- What is grammar?
- The intricacies of editing academic texts for examination purposes
- International Mother Language Day
- When to use a hyphen
- Professional editors adhere to an ethical code
- Why should a thesis be edited?
- Professionalism means fair remuneration for expert services
- The heart of New Hart’s Rules
- Professionalism is rooted in skill and knowledge
- How to use colons and semicolons
- Editing tools and software
- Table of Contents – How do I use outline levels?
- Bibliography or reference list – What is the difference?
- Lists of tables and figures – How do I exclude the label and number?
- Track Changes – How do I make them anonymous?
- Emojis/emoticons – How do I insert them?
- Fractions – How can I make them look consistent?
- PerfectIt – How do MAC users get the PEG discount?
- JPG or PNG – When do I use them?
- Language, UK or US – How to set it permanently
- Formatting before editing 3: Figure and table captions
- (Power)Toys for Editors
- Tools you need to be a copy editor
- ChatGPT for editors – friend or foe?*
- PerfectIt – What is it and why should editors use it?
- Computer software – Which version of Microsoft Office should I buy?
- Computer hardware – What does an editor need?
- Microsoft Word
- Grammar guidelines
- Redundancy and tautology – What is the difference?
- To be or not to be
- Kinds/types/sorts/varieties/etc – Plus singular or plural?
- Text linguistics (and its role in text quality)
- GERUNDS – Is it ‘his’ deciding’ or ‘him’ deciding?
- JOB TITLES – Should they be capitalised?
- Should a preposition end a sentence?
- Latin abbreviations – Should I use italics?
- SPELLING – Health care, health-care or healthcare?
- Collective nouns – Singular or plural?
- Noun-verb agreement – What are the rules?
- The comma
- Figures of speech – illustrated
- Parts of speech – illustrated
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 2)
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 1)
- What is grammar?
- When to use a hyphen
- How to use colons and semicolons
- Language
- Hell, yes, I’m sensitive!
- Accurate, exact, precise – What is the difference?
- Disability is not an inability
- Sanction, one word with two opposite meanings – What is it called?
- Femininity vs femaleness
- What is this thing called ‘style’?
- Active and passive voice
- Sentence structure
- PEG on Plain: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- It’s all write to be wrong
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 3)
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 2)
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 2)
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 1)
- Gender-neutral language causes us to think differently
- International Mother Language Day
- Inclusive language
- Plain language
- Proofreading tips
- Style guides
- Editing specialisations
- Artificial intelligence and academic English language editing
- Referencing styles – What are they?
- Accurate, exact, precise – What is the difference?
- Country names and government publications – How do I reference them?
- ChatGPT – How do I cite it?
- Science, SI, and Cary, North Carolina
- Compare citations and reference list – How?
- SUBSTANTIVE EDITING vs COPY-EDITING – What is the difference?
- Legal documents: Where can I find templates and advice?
- Copy-editing a compilation or a paper-based thesis/dissertation: knowing and setting our limits
- Plagiarism: rooting it out
- My take on certain aspects of academic editing
- The comma
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 1)
- The don’ts of academic editing
- The intricacies of editing academic texts for examination purposes
- Why should a thesis be edited?
- Academic editing
- Artificial intelligence and academic English language editing
- Referencing styles – What are they?
- Accurate, exact, precise – What is the difference?
- Country names and government publications – How do I reference them?
- ChatGPT – How do I cite it?
- Science, SI, and Cary, North Carolina
- Compare citations and reference list – How?
- Copy-editing a compilation or a paper-based thesis/dissertation: knowing and setting our limits
- Plagiarism: rooting it out
- My take on certain aspects of academic editing
- The comma
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 1)
- The don’ts of academic editing
- The intricacies of editing academic texts for examination purposes
- Why should a thesis be edited?
- Legal editing
- Science editing
- Technical editing
- Ethics
- FAQs
- Table of Contents – How do I use outline levels?
- DOIs and URLs – What is the difference?
- Referencing styles – What are they?
- Bibliography or reference list – What is the difference?
- A live bibliography – What is it and should editors make one?
- Rates for projects – How do I calculate a quote?
- Accurate, exact, precise – What is the difference?
- Finding information – How do I search the PEG website?
- PEG membership – How do I prove it to my clients?
- Lists of tables and figures – How do I exclude the label and number?
- Track Changes – How do I make them anonymous?
- Graphs – How should they be used in scientific documents?
- Sanction, one word with two opposite meanings – What is it called?
- Emojis/emoticons – How do I insert them?
- Country names and government publications – How do I reference them?
- Redundancy and tautology – What is the difference?
- What is PEG’s financial year?
- Fractions – How can I make them look consistent?
- Kinds/types/sorts/varieties/etc – Plus singular or plural?
- ChatGPT – How do I cite it?
- PerfectIt – How do MAC users get the PEG discount?
- PEG’s Directory of Services – How do I get an entry?
- Femininity vs femaleness
- JPG or PNG – When do I use them?
- Language, UK or US – How to set it permanently
- GERUNDS – Is it ‘his’ deciding’ or ‘him’ deciding?
- My Member Number – Where can I find it?
- PAST PEGblogs – How can I find them?
- Compare citations and reference list – How?
- Naming birds, animals and plants – What is correct?
- JOB TITLES – Should they be capitalised?
- CPD – What’s the difference between CPD hours for regional and national events?
- CPD – When is the Accreditation Test?
- CPD – Must every PEG member take the Accreditation Test?
- CPD – How many hours can I claim for webinar participation?
- CPD – Does PEG keep track of member CPD hours?
- SUBSTANTIVE EDITING vs COPY-EDITING – What is the difference?
- Editor-client communication – What should it include?
- SURNAMES – Mr Le Roux or Mr le Roux
- Legal documents: Where can I find templates and advice?
- Hyphens, en dashes, em dashes and minuses – When do you use which?
- Book publishing – What are the alternatives?
- I am new to editing – What should I know?
- Latin abbreviations – Should I use italics?
- FINDINGS AND RESULTS: What is the difference?
- SPELLING – Health care, health-care or healthcare?
- Password – How do I change my PEG password?
- Colons – Capital or lower case afterwards?
- Abbreviations – What should I know about them?
- Developmental editing – What is it?
- Collective nouns – Singular or plural?
- Noun-verb agreement – What are the rules?
- PEG full membership – How do I apply?
- Scientific formulae – What are the styles?
- Diversity and inclusivity – What does PEG think?
- Worldbuilding – What is it and what does it mean for editors?
- PEG’s 30th Anniversary Conference 2023 – What was it about?
- THE definite article – Do I use it before the names of departments and countries?
- Codes and ethics – What does PEG say?
- Style guides and style sheets – What is the difference?Â
- Egroups – What are the PEG egroups and how can I join them?
- PerfectIt – What is it and why should editors use it?
- Rates – How much should I charge?
- Accreditation – What does it mean for PEG members?
- PEG Signatures – When and how are they available?
- Computer software – Which version of Microsoft Office should I buy?
- Computer hardware – What does an editor need?
- Figures of speech – illustrated
- Parts of speech – illustrated
- Table of contents – How do I make a paragraph appear like a heading in the TOC?
- Table of contents – How do I stop a heading appearing?
- PEG membership – What kind of editor do I need?
- Accredited editors – What are they and why should I use one?
- Active and passive voice – What are they and when do I use them?
- Anonymity – How do I stop my name showing when I am editing?
- Articles – What are they in English and how do I use them?
- As and because – What is the difference?
- As well as – Does it mean the same as ‘and’?
- Figure and table captions – What are the conventions?
- Commas after introductory phrases – Are they necessary?
- Commas with conjunctions – When should I use them?
- Compound nouns – What are they and do I pluralise them?
- Consistent terminology – Should I use different words for variety?
- Language editors – What are they and what do they do?
- Order in lists – How and why should I order lists?
- Oxford Dictionaries – How do I log in?
- Parallel lists – What are they?
- PDF conversion software – What should I know?
- PEG membership – What kind of member can I be?
- PEG registration – What is the process?
- Proofreading or copy-editing – What is the difference?
- Secondary/indirect sources – How should I cite them?
- Serial commas – What are they and when do I use them?
- Singular they/themself – Do I have to use them?
- Space before or after the degree sign ° – Should there be one?
- Space before the percent sign % – Should there be one?
- Structural editing and copy-editing – What is the difference?
- Study subjects like ‘mathematics’ – Should they be capitalised?
- That and which – When should there be a comma?
- Thousands – When must I use a space or a comma?
- Time – How long does editing take?
- Tracked changes – What are they and how do I use them?
- Turn nouns into verbs – Why and how?
- Wordiness – What is it and how can I avoid it?
- FAQs for non-members
- DOIs and URLs – What is the difference?
- Referencing styles – What are they?
- Finding information – How do I search the PEG website?
- Lists of tables and figures – How do I exclude the label and number?
- Graphs – How should they be used in scientific documents?
- Emojis/emoticons – How do I insert them?
- Country names and government publications – How do I reference them?
- ChatGPT – How do I cite it?
- GERUNDS – Is it ‘his’ deciding’ or ‘him’ deciding?
- Naming birds, animals and plants – What is correct?
- JOB TITLES – Should they be capitalised?
- SUBSTANTIVE EDITING vs COPY-EDITING – What is the difference?
- SURNAMES – Mr Le Roux or Mr le Roux
- Book publishing – What are the alternatives?
- FINDINGS AND RESULTS: What is the difference?
- SPELLING – Health care, health-care or healthcare?
- Collective nouns – Singular or plural?
- Noun-verb agreement – What are the rules?
- Diversity and inclusivity – What does PEG think?
- PEG’s 30th Anniversary Conference 2023 – What was it about?
- THE definite article – Do I use it before the names of departments and countries?
- Style guides and style sheets – What is the difference?Â
- PerfectIt – What is it and why should editors use it?
- Parts of speech – illustrated
- Table of contents – How do I stop a heading appearing?
- PEG membership – What kind of editor do I need?
- Accredited editors – What are they and why should I use one?
- Active and passive voice – What are they and when do I use them?
- Articles – What are they in English and how do I use them?
- As and because – What is the difference?
- As well as – Does it mean the same as ‘and’?
- Commas after introductory phrases – Are they necessary?
- Consistent terminology – Should I use different words for variety?
- Language editors – What are they and what do they do?
- Order in lists – How and why should I order lists?
- Parallel lists – What are they?
- PEG membership – What kind of member can I be?
- PEG registration – What is the process?
- Proofreading or copy-editing – What is the difference?
- Secondary/indirect sources – How should I cite them?
- Serial commas – What are they and when do I use them?
- Singular they/themself – Do I have to use them?
- Space before or after the degree sign ° – Should there be one?
- Space before the percent sign % – Should there be one?
- Structural editing and copy-editing – What is the difference?
- Study subjects like ‘mathematics’ – Should they be capitalised?
- That and which – When should there be a comma?
- Thousands – When must I use a space or a comma?
- Time – How long does editing take?
- Tracked changes – What are they and how do I use them?
- Turn nouns into verbs – Why and how?
- Wordiness – What is it and how can I avoid it?
- Formatting
- Freelancing tips
- Rates for projects – How do I calculate a quote?
- How would you rate my profile?
- The value of peace
- Compare citations and reference list – How?
- Editor-client communication – What should it include?
- Editing as a side hustle: a personal perspective
- I am new to editing – What should I know?
- 10 tips for freelance copy editors
- Rates – How much should I charge?
- Client acquisition and management
- Rates and contracts
- Starting-up tips
- Time management
- Limited layout
- Marketing your editing business
- Member news
- PEG
- The value of peace
- PEG’s 30th Anniversary Conference 2023 – What was it about?
- PEG on Plain: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- Honouring Hester von Wielligh
- Codes and ethics – What does PEG say?
- PEG publications: From the postman on foot to the portal online
- Carrie Milton
- Alison Downie
- Anneke Brand
- Alexis Grewan
- International Mother Language Day
- Feedback: PEG’s Editing Fiction webinar
- The heart of New Hart’s Rules
- History
- Presenter bio
- PEGblog
- How editors can navigate hurt and respond with kindness
- Hell, yes, I’m sensitive!
- Artificial intelligence and academic English language editing
- Disability is not an inability
- How’s your colleague now? Paula de Carvalho
- Finding work: The real stats
- A cautionary tale
- How would you rate my profile?
- To be or not to be
- Even editors’ brains can be sneaky
- Organising my freelance business to be tax compliant
- Science, SI, and Cary, North Carolina
- Text linguistics (and its role in text quality)
- How to write a PEGblog in 5 simple steps
- The value of peace
- 4 rules for editors to stay in check and out of trouble
- When editors go the extra mile
- Formatting before editing 3: Figure and table captions
- What is this thing called ‘style’?
- Should a preposition end a sentence?
- Navigating editorial challenges with emotional intelligence: building strong author-editor relationships
- Editing as a side hustle: a personal perspective
- Renkema’s CCC model: Why is it useful?
- Copy-editing a compilation or a paper-based thesis/dissertation: knowing and setting our limits
- Renkema se K3-model: Hoekom is dit nuttig?
- How to spot plagiarism
- (Power)Toys for Editors
- Active and passive voice
- Why do we edit?
- Plagiarism: rooting it out
- 10 tips for freelance copy editors
- Tools you need to be a copy editor
- The accreditation debate
- Technology for editors – made nice and simple: Part 2
- Editing for conscious and inclusive language
- The ‘P’ in ‘PEG’
- Book review: Improve your editor website. A comprehensive guide
- Technology for editors – made nice and simple 1: The basics
- Formatting before editing 2: Headings
- Sentence structure
- PEG on Plain: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- ChatGPT for editors – friend or foe?*
- Formatting before Editing 1: Introduction
- 7 tips to avoid isolation when editing from home
- It’s all write to be wrong
- Honouring Hester von Wielligh
- My take on certain aspects of academic editing
- The comma
- PEG publications: From the postman on foot to the portal online
- The author’s voice
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 3)
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 2)
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 1)
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 2)
- Essential resources for language practitioners (part 1)
- 6 tips for your first editing gigs
- Gender-neutral language causes us to think differently
- 3 ways to reduce the risk of non-payment
- How to find your files
- The don’ts of academic editing
- The advantages and benefits of PEG’s accreditation offerings
- Types of editing and their roles in the quality of your manuscript
- Why a style guide?
- Trade books: The role of editors and proofreaders
- Social media marketing for editors
- Optimising your LinkedIn profile
- Social media marketing: So many questions
- Social media marketing: Consider the data
- Developmental editing of a memoir
- How to write a fiction book review
- The cost of editing
- What is grammar?
- A snapshot of the social media landscape in South Africa
- The intricacies of editing academic texts for examination purposes
- International Mother Language Day
- Understanding marketing and social media marketing
- Feedback: PEG’s Editing Fiction webinar
- When to use a hyphen
- 10 tips for better blog writing
- Professional editors adhere to an ethical code
- Why should a thesis be edited?
- Professionalism means fair remuneration for expert services
- The heart of New Hart’s Rules
- Professionalism is rooted in skill and knowledge
- How to use colons and semicolons
- What does it mean to be a professional editor?
- Professional development
- How editors can navigate hurt and respond with kindness
- Disability is not an inability
- PEG’s Directory of Services – How do I get an entry?
- Formatting before editing 3: Figure and table captions
- CPD – What’s the difference between CPD hours for regional and national events?
- CPD – When is the Accreditation Test?
- CPD – Must every PEG member take the Accreditation Test?
- CPD – How many hours can I claim for webinar participation?
- CPD – Does PEG keep track of member CPD hours?
- Should a preposition end a sentence?
- Renkema’s CCC model: Why is it useful?
- Renkema se K3-model: Hoekom is dit nuttig?
- 10 tips for freelance copy editors
- The accreditation debate
- Editing for conscious and inclusive language
- The ‘P’ in ‘PEG’
- Technology for editors – made nice and simple 1: The basics
- Formatting before editing 2: Headings
- Formatting before Editing 1: Introduction
- Accreditation – What does it mean for PEG members?
- The advantages and benefits of PEG’s accreditation offerings
- Feedback: PEG’s Editing Fiction webinar
- Accreditation
- CPD
- PEG’s Directory of Services – How do I get an entry?
- CPD – What’s the difference between CPD hours for regional and national events?
- CPD – Must every PEG member take the Accreditation Test?
- CPD – How many hours can I claim for webinar participation?
- CPD – Does PEG keep track of member CPD hours?
- The accreditation debate
- Training
- Webinars
- Referencing
- DOIs and URLs – What is the difference?
- Referencing styles – What are they?
- Bibliography or reference list – What is the difference?
- A live bibliography – What is it and should editors make one?
- Country names and government publications – How do I reference them?
- Latin abbreviations – Should I use italics?
- Writing
- Text linguistics (and its role in text quality)
- How to write a PEGblog in 5 simple steps
- What is this thing called ‘style’?
- It’s all write to be wrong
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 3)
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 2)
- Plain Language in academic writing (part 1)
- Types of editing and their roles in the quality of your manuscript
- Developmental editing of a memoir
- Academic writing