Just saw this great documentary at @copyeditors convention #ACES2014. It turns out that stealing and lying are wrong. http://www.afragiletrust.com
What fun to share our @sandiegozoo animal stories with #ACES2014 folks! Thanks for coming to our session, Even Gorillas Need Copy Editors.
Steve Kleinedler explains syllabication systems in all American dictionaries. GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL; this stuff is insane. #ACES2014
Steve Kleinedler of @ahdictionary apologizes for taking an hour to talk syllabification. No need. We signed up for it, loved it. #ACES2014
"Good copy editors don’t brainlessly apply rules like robots." AMEN @KoryStamper #ACES2014
Bollocks. :-) RT @4ndyman: Good copy editors know that they will never know it all #ACES2014 @KoryStamper
Presentation on the history of English usage guides by @KoryStamper at #ACES2014. pic.twitter.com/EUMOzzEB9h
"Griping about the English language has been going on since about the 1400s." - @KoryStamper #ACES2014
Gold star to @KoryStamper for referencing "wretched hive of scum and villainy" (+more Star Wars) in discussion of prescriptivism. #ACES2014
"You need more than one usage dictionary ... compare, assimilate, and make your own decision." @KoryStamper #ACES2014- "Be consistent: then you will continue to kick editorial ass at all times." @KoryStamper #ACES2014
The history of English, descriptivism vs. prescriptivism, usage dictionaries. FUN in hands of @KoryStamper of Merriam-Webster. #ACES2014
Usage dictionaries (even the descriptivist ones) DO prescribe. And that's why you need more than one. @KoryStamper #ACES2014
Garner's is a highly regarded prescriptivist usage dictionary; MWDEU is a highly regarded descriptivist usage dictionary. #ACES2014- Garner's = a highly regarded prescriptivist usage dictionary. M-W = a highly regarded descriptivist one. You need both. #ACES2014
Great editing for social media talk by @smartwick Really liked the point that you should play to your fans in posts #ACES2014
Math errors are the second most frequent errors in publications, says Maggie Walter. Names are first. #ACES2014- Good copy editors know that they will never know it all #ACES2014 @KoryStamper
- Motivational exhortation continues: @CraigSilverman tells @copyeditors he's counting on their exquisite "abnormality." #aces2014
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ACES 2014: Day 3 in tweets
The final day of the 2014 ACES national conference in Las Vegas wrapped up with gorillas, grammar, dictionaries and headlines.
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