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As part of my latest project referenced in the post below, I’ve started a Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/editorialcurses. No, that’s not a typo in the URL — but kudos for noticing! Visit the link in my Twitter profile to learn the story behind the name.
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In an effort to refresh things at Editorial Courses, we’ve launched a pretty excessive new promotion. Check it out at http://blog.GetEditorialCourses.com. There, you’ll find a mini proofreading skills exercise you can download, print, and mark up. Then, check your answers against the key and see how you did. Just for playing along, you’ll be entered into a drawing for an iPod Touch. (Which, by the way, is a pretty neat tool for editors — it’s like an uber-portable, Internet-ready laptop without the weight and bulk.) You’ll also get a discount code for 30 percent off the regular price of enrollment in any course. Enjoy!
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Apologies. As soon as I let go of my Monday posting schedule, I seemed to lose track of the concept of “weekly” altogther. But, it’s a three-day weekend, and I’m feeling my time to be a little more ample than usual.
I see there were some hearty comments posted about my last entry. What I found most interesting about this thread is that one commenter pointed out a string of blog posts on the over/more than debate, one of which was posted on the very same day I posted mine! (Check out the Common Sense PR blog for April 30.) Crazy! Now, I know I didn’t look at that blog before I wrote my entry, and while I can’t say the same for Common Sense I’d like to believe that there was just something in the air that day that made all the world’s grammar snobs hone in on the all-too-prevalent misuse of the word over.
Like Common Sense, I believe that more than is clearly more precise than over, and if you can be more precise, why would you choose not to be? Imprecision is the cornerstone of miscommunication, and in my opinion it is just good practice to choose the best word available every single time.
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Welcome to the EditorialCourses.com blog. We’re very excited to begin this new adventure! Stay tuned for fresh perspectives from our course leaders, students, and freelance proofreaders.
