- Just saw this great documentary at @copyeditors convention #ACES2014. It turns out that stealing and lying are wrong. http://www.afragiletrust.com
http://twitter.com/thezim69/status/447479925423890432
— Kurt Zimmer (@thezim69)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:08:22 - "He had decided he couldn't become famous, so he decided to become infamous." Screening the documentary about Jayson Blair at #ACES2014.
http://twitter.com/BettyAnnBardell/status/447474104648486912
— Betty Ann Bardell (@BettyAnnBardell)Sat, Mar 22 2014 20:45:14 - Journalists balk at "selling" the news, but we've been doing it forever, with how we design, what we tease to, etc. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/SaraMZiegler/status/447481710918107136
— Sara Ziegler (@SaraMZiegler)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:15:28 - What fun to share our @sandiegozoo animal stories with #ACES2014 folks! Thanks for coming to our session, Even Gorillas Need Copy Editors.
http://twitter.com/DebbieVoice/status/447472403992813568
— Debbie Andreen (@DebbieVoice)Sat, Mar 22 2014 20:38:29 - Steve Kleinedler explains syllabication systems in all American dictionaries. GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL; this stuff is insane. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/KoryStamper/status/447416168706359296
— Kory Stamper (@KoryStamper)Sat, Mar 22 2014 16:55:01 - Steve Kleinedler of @ahdictionary apologizes for taking an hour to talk syllabification. No need. We signed up for it, loved it. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/nickjungman/status/447416883822993408
— Nick Jungman (@nickjungman)Sat, Mar 22 2014 16:57:52 - "Good copy editors don’t brainlessly apply rules like robots." AMEN @KoryStamper #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/YourHalPal/status/447485902923649024
— Halina Matt (@YourHalPal)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:32:07 - Bollocks. :-) RT @4ndyman: Good copy editors know that they will never know it all #ACES2014 @KoryStamper
http://twitter.com/paulwiggins/status/447487297076736000
— Paul Wiggins (@paulwiggins)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:37:40
Presentation on the history of English usage guides by @KoryStamper at #ACES2014. pic.twitter.com/EUMOzzEB9hhttp://twitter.com/PeterSokolowski/status/447479723992436736
— Peter Sokolowski (@PeterSokolowski)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:07:34- "Griping about the English language has been going on since about the 1400s." - @KoryStamper #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/DiedofEnnui/status/447478814952947712
— Jaime Sperling (@DiedofEnnui)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:03:57 - Gold star to @KoryStamper for referencing "wretched hive of scum and villainy" (+more Star Wars) in discussion of prescriptivism. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/4ndyman/status/447484612982210560
— Andy Hollandbeck (@4ndyman)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:27:00 - "You need more than one usage dictionary ... compare, assimilate, and make your own decision." @KoryStamper #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/DragonflyEdit/status/447487694130536448
— Dragonfly Editorial (@DragonflyEdit)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:39:14 - "Be consistent: then you will continue to kick editorial ass at all times." @KoryStamper #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/DiedofEnnui/status/447488530051518464
— Jaime Sperling (@DiedofEnnui)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:42:34 - The history of English, descriptivism vs. prescriptivism, usage dictionaries. FUN in hands of @KoryStamper of Merriam-Webster. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/BettyAnnBardell/status/447487879107723265
— Betty Ann Bardell (@BettyAnnBardell)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:39:58 - Usage dictionaries (even the descriptivist ones) DO prescribe. And that's why you need more than one. @KoryStamper #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/PurplePenning/status/447488597935931392
— Dawn McIlvain Stahl (@PurplePenning)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:42:50 - Garner's is a highly regarded prescriptivist usage dictionary; MWDEU is a highly regarded descriptivist usage dictionary. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/MadamGrammar/status/447488387679653888
— Madam Grammar (@MadamGrammar)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:42:00 - Garner's = a highly regarded prescriptivist usage dictionary. M-W = a highly regarded descriptivist one. You need both. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/PurplePenning/status/447489954143170562
— Dawn McIlvain Stahl (@PurplePenning)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:48:13 - Great editing for social media talk by @smartwick Really liked the point that you should play to your fans in posts #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/nickpia/status/447480390354075648
— Nick Piastowski (@nickpia)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:10:13 - I loved @eDitmoreEdits's presentation on academic editing. Thank you #ACES2014 for including so many topics for the freelancers this year!
http://twitter.com/InkbotEditor/status/447495978564583424
— Molly McCowan (@InkbotEditor)Sat, Mar 22 2014 22:12:10 - Math errors are the second most frequent errors in publications, says Maggie Walter. Names are first. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/gerrrib/status/447482698005626880
— Gerri Berendzen (@gerrrib)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:19:23 - Copy editors are like intelligence agents: our failures are public scandals but our successes must forever be kept secret. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/SnoozeInBrief/status/447401481415565312
— Tom Freeman (@SnoozeInBrief)Sat, Mar 22 2014 15:56:40 - Great tip at the test taking session: Call ahead and ask what sort of references you can bring. #ACES2014
http://twitter.com/gerrrib/status/447487356388388864
— Gerri Berendzen (@gerrrib)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:37:54 - There are a number of things academic editors should not try to do, explains Tammy Ditmore. Material will available on #ACES2014 site.
http://twitter.com/paulwiggins/status/447486048184971265
— Paul Wiggins (@paulwiggins)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:32:42 - Good copy editors know that they will never know it all #ACES2014 @KoryStamper
http://twitter.com/4ndyman/status/447486159426293760
— Andy Hollandbeck (@4ndyman)Sat, Mar 22 2014 21:33:08 - Motivational exhortation continues: @CraigSilverman tells @copyeditors he's counting on their exquisite "abnormality." #aces2014
http://twitter.com/nickjungman/status/447226974511955968
— Nick Jungman (@nickjungman)Sat, Mar 22 2014 04:23:14
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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