How to accept or reject changes in Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word’s “Track Changes” feature enables you to review and either accept or reject each edit in your document. Depending on how you view your edited doc, you might see a red bar along the left side of your text, or it might look as if your text is underlined and written in a new…
Secret punctuation: the en-dash
There’s a piece of punctuation that I didn’t know existed until after I finished my PhD in Literature, after I had won an award for teaching writing, and after I got my first in-house editing job: the en-dash. We all know hyphens, which connect a pair of words that are working together (as in, “a…
“Or” does not preclude “and”
I find few instances of academic writing in which “and/or” is a better choice than simply “or.” As the above image illustrates, when you connect a pair of words with “or,” you’re not ruling out the possibility of “and”; that is, “or” includes “and” within its meaning. In my experience, many writers are using “and/or”…
What is Writing Well is Hard?
writingwellishard.com is a free digital tool that helps academic writers to identify the patterns in their own writing, and to compare their work to a sample of their choice. I made writingwellishard.com because I’m not persuaded there’s only one way to write well, and I don’t like that the norms of “good” writing are too…
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