Everyday vs. Every Day
There are some words we see every day that are sometimes used closed and sometimes open — like everyday and every day. When do we use which of these? In short, we do an everyday thing every day.
Assure vs. Ensure vs. Insure vs. Secure
How do we make some thing or event certain? Do we assure it, ensure it, insure it, or secure it? It depends, but I assure you that you’ll be better able to pick the right word after reading this post.
Compliment vs. Complement
Do you compliment someone or complement them? Both could be right. These two words are often confused or typoed into each other. I added them to my checklist in PerfectIt a couple of years ago after seeing them mixed up in three manuscripts by three different authors in one week.
Why I Don’t Use LLMs in My Work
People are using large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to answer questions, help with research, and churn out articles and books. And yes, some people use LLMs for editing, proofreading, and reference formatting, at least for their own work.
My position on text generators is very simple: I will not use them in my writing or editing work.
Why? Read on.
Processing Tracked Changes in Overleaf
This video gives an overview of how tracked changes look in Overleaf and how to accept or reject them.
Synapsis vs. Synapses
A while back, I ran into some confusion over synapsis and synapses in a paper I was editing. This post untangles how these are used.
Notes on Editing #4
Hi, and welcome to this month’s Notes on Editing. In the last month, I’ve relaunched my website, including a new section for articles and a landing page for the LaTeX for Academic Editors course. I’m changing up the format of this newsletter. Rather than a long article sent by email, I’m going to include summaries …
Hyphens, En Dashes, and Em Dashes: What Are They and When Do We Use Which?
Hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes are similar looking, but have different uses. This guide summarizes what they are and how to use them depending on the style guide being followed.
Cleanup Tips for Google Docs Manuscripts
Have you ever written or received a Google Docs file that is full of extra spaces, double punctuation, and similar issues? This post will show several search strings to help find and clean up those issues in Google Docs.
Palet vs. Pallet vs. Palate vs. Palette
Today, I have a four-way confusable: palet, pallet, palate, and palette all mean different things, and they’re easily typoed into each other. This post has some notes on picking the right spelling.