MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

Freelance MK-based copyeditor with 20+ years’ commercial experience. I know where the apostrophes go! And where they don’t . . . Milton Keynes Joined August 2020

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

Classic example of the need for some good #proofreading . . . 😳

Celebrate:MK @CelebrateMK

5 years ago

Classic example of the need for some good #proofreading . . . 😳

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

Saw this on Facebook earlier and it made me smile 😊 Any ideas what the answer might be?!

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

Packing up for my mum’s house move - anyone want to hazard a guess at what this box used to contain?! 🤣 #decorativeroostingpouch

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Susie Dent @susie_dent

5 years ago

I feel it's the day for a reminder of the 18th-century verb 'quiddle': to attend to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.

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Well this is an interesting marketing technique . . . All I wanted to do was to fill in the form on their site with my required dimensions for a breakfast bar, so I could find out how much it was going to cost 🤔 They definitely lost a sale there!

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

I just got a rechargeable USB strip light from Amazon, which I think came from China. Does anyone want to take a guess at what the instructions are saying? Sounds more like a yoga position to me! #mistranslations

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

I’m thinking maybe @HabitatUK needs a little #proofreading for their pop-up messages! 🤔

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

The importance of proof reading! Though now I want to hear the story about the three-legged hen 😊

Carole Matthews @carolematthews

5 years ago

The importance of proof reading! Though now I want to hear the story about the three-legged hen 😊

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

So what’s the difference between a #copyeditor and a #proofreader? This article explains it well - and I can do both by the way! grammarly.com/blog/whats-the…

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MKCopyEditor @MKCopyEditor

5 years ago

In case you’re wondering, @The_CIEP (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading) states “While ‘copy-editor’ and ‘copyeditor’ are both interchangeable as nouns, as of July 2019 the hyphenless form, ‘copyeditor’, is the CIEP’s preferred style.” So I’m going with that!