The copyeditor's handbook : a guide for book publishing and corporate communications, with exercises and answer keys

The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. Addressed to copyeditors in book publishing and corporate communications, this thoughtful handbook explains what copyeditors do, what they look for when they edit a manuscript, and how they develop the editorial judgment needed to make sound decisions. This revised edition reflects the most recent editions of The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.), the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.), and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). Cover......Page 1 Copyright page......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 11 Tips for Using This Book......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 15 Part 1 – The ABCs of Copyediting......Page 17 1 What Copy Editors Do......Page 19 Principal Tasks......Page 20 1. Mechanical Editing......Page 21 3. Language Editing: Grammar, Usage, and Diction......Page 23 4. Content Editing......Page 25 6. Typecoding......Page 26 What Copyeditors Do Not Do......Page 27 Levels of Copyediting......Page 29 The Editorial Process......Page 31 Editorial Triage......Page 35 Estimates......Page 37 One Paragraph, Three Ways......Page 39 2 Basic Procedures......Page 45 Marking Changes on Hard Copy......Page 46 Making Changes On-Screen......Page 53 Querying......Page 55 Procedures for Querying on Hard Copy......Page 61 Procedures for Querying On-Screen......Page 62 Style Sheets......Page 63 On-Screen Style Sheets......Page 69 Procedures for Hard-Copy Cleanup......Page 70 Procedures for On-Screen Cleanup......Page 71 Dictionaries......Page 73 Style Manuals......Page 74 Thesauruses......Page 76 Usage Guides......Page 77 Guides for Newcomers to Publishing......Page 78 Guides to Effective Expository Writing......Page 80 Specialized Reference Books......Page 81 Internet Sites......Page 82 Part 2 – Editorial Style......Page 85 4 Punctuation......Page 87 Conventions, Fashions, and Style......Page 88 Function 1: Terminal Punctuation......Page 90 Joining Independent Clauses......Page 94 Appending a List to an Independent Clause......Page 97 Joining Dependent and Independent Clauses......Page 98 Punctuating Relative Clauses......Page 100 Introductory Phrases......Page 102 Interrupters......Page 105 Function 4: Indicating Omission......Page 108 Mark-by-Mark Pitfalls......Page 109 Commas: The Copyeditor's Nemesis......Page 111 Semicolons......Page 120 Hyphens, Em Dashes, and En Dashes......Page 122 Quotation Marks: Single and Double......Page 126 Punctuation with Closing Quotation Marks......Page 127 Stronger and Weaker Punctuation Marks......Page 128 Eyeballing Every Mark......Page 129 Controversial Techniques......Page 131 Exercise A......Page 133 Exercise B......Page 135 5 Spelling and Hyphenation......Page 137 Improving Your Spelling Skills......Page 138 Variant Spellings......Page 141 British Spelling......Page 142 Homophones......Page 143 Foreign Words and Phrases......Page 145 Proper Nouns and Adjectives......Page 146 Plurals......Page 147 Possessives......Page 150 One Word or Two?......Page 153 Compound Adjectives: Attributive and Predicate......Page 154 Compound Nouns......Page 157 Prefixes and Suffixes......Page 158 Cyberjargon......Page 159 Spellcheckers......Page 160 Exercise C......Page 162 Exercise D......Page 164 6 Capitalization......Page 167 Personal Names and Titles......Page 168 Geographical Names......Page 171 Racial and Ethnic Groups......Page 173 Company Names, Trademarks, and Brand Names......Page 174 Cyberjargon......Page 175 Titles of Works......Page 176 Names of Plants and Animals......Page 179 Exercise E......Page 180 Exercise F......Page 182 Words or Numerals?......Page 187 Punctuation of Numerals......Page 190 Fractions......Page 191 Percentages, Percentage Points, Basis Points, and Percentiles......Page 193 Money......Page 194 Time......Page 196 Street Numbers and Phone Numbers......Page 199 Units of Measurement......Page 200 Roman Numerals......Page 203 Inclusive Numerals......Page 204 Mathematical Signs and Symbols......Page 205 Style Sheet Entries......Page 206 Exercise G......Page 208 Exercise H......Page 210 8 Quotations......Page 212 Odd Wording in the Source Document......Page 213 Creating an Extract......Page 215 Creating a Run-In Quotation......Page 218 Punctuation Preceding a Quotation......Page 219 Syntactical Fit......Page 221 Ellipsis Points......Page 224 Brackets......Page 226 Citing Sources......Page 227 Exercise I......Page 229 9 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols......Page 232 Abbreviations......Page 234 Common Latin Abbreviations......Page 235 Abbreviations for States......Page 237 Time......Page 238 Units of Measurement......Page 239 Documentation......Page 241 Acronyms......Page 242 Symbols and Signs......Page 247 Exercise J......Page 250 10 Tables, Graphs, and Art......Page 258 Tables......Page 259 Evaluating the Story......Page 261 Relationship Between Text and Table......Page 263 Numbering and Placing Tables......Page 264 Mechanical Editing......Page 265 Odd-Size Tables......Page 274 Reading Tables As a Group......Page 275 Graphs......Page 277 Art......Page 285 Exercise K......Page 287 Exercise L......Page 288 11 References......Page 290 Author-Date System......Page 291 Formats for In-Text Citations......Page 292 Reference List......Page 294 Copyediting Procedures......Page 298 Reference Notes......Page 300 Location of In-Text Note Indicator......Page 303 Placement of Notes: Footnotes Versus Endnotes......Page 304 Bibliographies......Page 306 Copyediting Procedures......Page 307 Citation-Sequence System......Page 308 Copyediting Procedures......Page 309 Exercise M......Page 311 Front Matter......Page 313 Glossaries......Page 316 Indexes......Page 318 Exercise N......Page 323 Typecoding on Hard Copy......Page 325 Typecoding On-Screen......Page 328 Heads and Subheads......Page 333 Lists......Page 335 Design Specs......Page 338 Systems of Measurement......Page 339 Specs for Running Heads, Footers, and Page Numbers......Page 340 Type Specs......Page 341 Interpreting Type Specs......Page 342 Exercise O......Page 345 Part 3 – Language Editing......Page 349 14 Grammar: Principles and Pitfalls......Page 351 Whose Grammar?......Page 353 Subject-Verb Agreement......Page 355 Troublesome Verbs......Page 363 Split Infinitives......Page 367 Subjunctive Mood......Page 368 Forms of the Subjunctive......Page 369 Uses of the Subjunctive......Page 370 Dangling Participles......Page 372 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers......Page 375 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement......Page 377 Case of Nouns and Pronouns......Page 380 Parallel Form......Page 384 Adjectives and Adverbs......Page 385 Fewer and Less......Page 387 Prepositions......Page 388 Miscellaneous Bugaboos......Page 390 Forms of Organization......Page 393 Emphasis......Page 396 Cross-References......Page 397 Signposting......Page 398 Expository Style......Page 399 Diction......Page 400 Verbs......Page 410 Passive Voice......Page 411 Subordination......Page 412 Untangling Negatives......Page 413 Variety......Page 414 Transitions......Page 417 Cadence......Page 419 Bias-Free Language......Page 420 Default Assumption......Page 424 Biased Terminology......Page 426 The Generic HE......Page 428 Names for Groups of People......Page 430 Publishing Law......Page 432 Libel......Page 433 Obscenity......Page 434 Copyright Infringement......Page 435 Checklist of Editorial Preferences......Page 437 Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 439 Foreign terms, names, quotes......Page 440 Numbers and numerals......Page 441 Punctuation......Page 442 Lists......Page 443 In-text citations......Page 444 Footnotes or endnotes......Page 445 Glossary of Copyediting Terms......Page 447 Glossary of Grammar Terms......Page 463 Answer Keys......Page 473 Exercise A......Page 475 Exercise B......Page 479 Did You Catch Most of the Errors?......Page 480 Did You Overedit?......Page 482 Exercise C......Page 483 Exercise D......Page 488 Are the Entries Consistent in Format?......Page 490 Style Sheet Entries......Page 492 Exercise E......Page 494 Exercise F......Page 497 Style Sheet Entries......Page 506 Exercise G......Page 508 Exercise H......Page 512 Exercise I......Page 515 Style Sheet Entries......Page 518 Exercise J......Page 520 Level of Edit......Page 526 Style Sheet Entries......Page 529 Exercise K......Page 530 Exercise L......Page 531 Exercise M......Page 533 A Few Pointers About Reference Lists......Page 535 Exercise N......Page 537 A Few Pointers About Glossaries......Page 539 Exercise O......Page 540 Selected Bibliography......Page 543 A......Page 547 B......Page 550 C......Page 551 D......Page 555 E......Page 556 F......Page 558 G......Page 559 H......Page 560 I......Page 561 L......Page 562 M......Page 563 N......Page 564 P......Page 566 Q......Page 569 R......Page 570 S......Page 571 T......Page 573 U......Page 574 W......Page 575 Z......Page 576 The Copyeditor's Handbook Is A Lively, Practical Manual For Newcomers To Publishing And For Experienced Editors Who Want To Fine-tune Their Skills Or Broaden Their Understanding Of The Craft. Addressed To Copyeditors In Book Publishing And Corporate Communications, This Thoughtful Handbook Explains What Copyeditors Do, What They Look For When They Edit A Manuscript, And How They Develop The Editorial Judgment Needed To Make Sound Decisions.--jacket. The Abcs Of Copyediting. What Copyeditors Do ; Basic Procedures ; Reference Books And Resources -- Editorial Style. Punctuation ; Spelling And Hyphenation ; Capitalization ; Numbers And Numerals ; Quotations ; Abbreviations, Acronyms, And Symbols ; Tables, Graphs, And Art ; References ; Front And Back Matter ; Typecoding -- Language Editing. Grammar : Principles And Pitfalls ; Beyond Grammar. Amy Einsohn. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 527-530) And Index. The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. This book may be used for self-instruction or as a textbook in copyediting classes. The exercises are accompanied by answer keys and detailed line-by-line explanations. The third edition features: Updates reflecting the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style and the most current editions of other major style manuals; Additional updates to register technology-driven changes in onscreen editing procedures and typecoding; A revised chapter on resources for editors; Expanded bibliography and glossary. - Publisher.

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