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Victoria Neufeldt

Bold Words

février 18, 2014 by Victoria Neufeldt

One could say that bold words enter the language shouting. An example would be the word AIDS, which was coined in the early 1980s, probably by a journalist, as an initialism for the descriptive medical name of the disease: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Because the disease burst upon the world so devastatingly, the word AIDS was in the news just about […]

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Adrienne Montgomerie

This Book Contains Canadian Spelling

février 11, 2014 by Adrienne Montgomerie | 11 commentaires sur This Book Contains Canadian Spelling

Every publisher who has hoped for a large U.S. audience has asked me to edit to U.S. spelling standards. You know, drop the dipthongs (oe and ae), omit the u from ou pairs, use z instead of s, allow only one consonant before adding an ending… They seem to think Americans won’t buy a book […]

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Dominique Fortier

La majuscule de position sur les cartes

février 4, 2014 by Dominique Fortier

La majuscule de position (certains l’appellent « majuscule initiale »), c’est une majuscule que l’on met à la première lettre d’un mot qui n’en contient habituellement pas. Par exemple, on met toujours une majuscule initiale au mot ― quel qu’il soit ― qui commence une phrase après un point. Les toponymes ou noms géographiques font partie de […]

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Susan Glickman

Editing the First-Time Novelist

janvier 28, 2014 by Susan Glickman | Un commentaire sur Editing the First-Time Novelist

I teach Creative Writing in the continuing education programs at both Ryerson and the University of Toronto. My students know that I also work as a freelance editor, so they often ask me whether they ought to hire one. Sometimes they even want to hire me, but generally I refuse. Why? Because first drafts from […]

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Anna Williams Karen Virag

In Memoriam

janvier 20, 2014 by Karen Virag

The Editors’ Weekly mourns the loss of a loved and valued contributor, Karen Virag, who passed away on Jan. 11 following a brief illness. From the EAC’s national office: A longtime member of EAC’s Prairie Provinces branch, Karen was the association’s director of publications. She co-chaired EAC’s successful 2008 national conference in Edmonton and the […]

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Melva McLean

The Envelope, Please

janvier 16, 2014 by Melva McLean | 7 commentaires sur The Envelope, Please

I was at a film event the other night, and someone asked, “So what do you do for a living?” I, of course, answered, “I’m an editor.” They asked, “What movies have you worked on?” It happens all the time. But the other night, for the first time, someone asked me if I saw any […]

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James Harbeck

Topics, We Front Them | Linguistics, Frankly

janvier 14, 2014 by James Harbeck | 4 commentaires sur Topics, We Front Them | Linguistics, Frankly

English is normally a subject-verb-object kind of language, but there are some interesting exceptions, especially in casual contexts. Consider examples such as the following: Poodles, we walk them. Labradors, they walk us. Chickens we have; roads, not so much. Not one of the clauses above follows standard English sentence order, and yet we understand them. […]

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Rosemary Shipton

What Should an Editor Be?

janvier 7, 2014 by Rosemary Shipton | 26 commentaires sur What Should an Editor Be?

We were nearing the end of a Stylistic Editing seminar — a group of about 30 people of varying ages and experience working in-house or freelance for book publishers, magazines, businesses or governments. A woman in the third row raised her hand: “In my work I’m the only editor,” she said, “so I don’t really […]

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Anna Williams General EAC

Letter From the Editor

Décembre 20, 2013 by Anna Williams

Dear Readers, The Editors’ Weekly will be on hiatus for the holidays. Regular posts will resume on Jan. 7. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your readership and encourage you to spread the word about the Editors’ Weekly and the EAC. If you’re interested in contributing to the blog or […]

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Victoria Neufeldt

Shy Words

Décembre 17, 2013 by Victoria Neufeldt

When I took on the commitment, a year ago, of contributing blog postings about language, I began bravely by tossing out a little ditty that came into my mind, inspired by Dr. Seuss: « New words, old words, shy words, bold words. » Well, I’ve talked about old words and new words, but shy words? What was […]

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