Summertime Editing Test #2 with Answers!

1) Additionally, please ensure that no text or important information appear within 0.25″ of the edges of the cover (0.125″ from the trim line, and 0.125″ of bleed beyond it). The problem with this sentence is “appear.” When two nouns are...

Summertime Editing Test #3!

Answers soon! Enjoy your summer! 1) As it turns out, pontificating on what lies ahead for storytelling — a past time we bookish folk engage in today with some maddening frequency — has a long history. 2) Regardless of gender, each recruit is expected to...

Calling all editors!

Calling all editors! Got a great save that you’d like to share? We all have great saves, but some are more jump-up-and-down than others. If you have a dodged-a-bullet save you’d like to share, please send it in. I’d like the original sentence and...

Summertime Editing Test #2!

Hope your summer is going along as nicely as mine! Clients are happy, I’m happy with my clients, I just bought a beautifully autographed first-edition copy of Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery…life is good! By the by, if you haven’t read...

Summertime Editing Test #1!

Hey there, all you cool people! These are pretty easy sentences this week—a little bit of everything and a lot of one thing—just enough to keep you in the swim. 1) An Iraq War veteran, Biden had planed to run for governor of Delaware in 2016 instead of seeking a third...