grammar Tag

Around town: Shatner and early grammar woes

Posted at 27 May 2016 12:20h in Science news by Amanda 0 Comments

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(Or why you should hire an editor.) Local institution the University of British Columbia (UBC) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this school year. This weekend, as part of its centenary celebrations, UBC is running a daylong event: UBC100: What’s Next? A day of exploring the future, a series of...

Forget zombie nouns–watch out for vampire verbs

Posted at 24 Jan 2014 12:53h in Editing by Roma 0 Comments

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I don’t often leave a six-hour seminar with more energy than when I came in, but if it’s six hours of language stuff, I’m pumped. This past Saturday the BC branch of the Editors’ Association of Canada hosted a workshop called Eight Step Editing, delivered...