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Stoughton, Mary

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Editing a Moving Target

I'd like to assume that most of us find ourselves having to edit a moving target only occasionally, but from the horror stories I've been hearing, it seems that more and more people are being expected to edit well in a ridiculously short time.

Stoughton, Mary. Editorial Eye, The (1997). Articles>Editing>Collaboration

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Shifty Adverbs

Decide where to place the adverb in parentheses in these sentences to best advantage -- for the sound of it and for best sense. That is, place it near the word in the sentence you wish to emphasize. One sentence doesn't involve a decision about placement next to the verb at all.

Stoughton, Mary. Editorial Eye, The (2003). Articles>Language>Style Guides

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