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January 1, 2019 ACES News

Are you rifling or riffling?

Rifling and riffling can indicate quickly going through something, but the difference between them can be vast.


January 1, 2019 ACES News

“Lude” word tricks: Allude, delude, elude, illude

Just in case such a -lude word trick works for you sometime, here are the cards you’ll need in your hand:


January 1, 2019 ACES News

A suffix too far: Adjective + -ive

Quite a number of adjectives can be created by adding the suffix -ive to a noun (combat / combative) or a verb (impress / impressive).


January 1, 2019 ACES News

A noisome and odious usage tip

Though you probably recognize both noisome and odious as something you don't want to be called, they might not mean what you think.


January 1, 2019 ACES News

Historic vs. historical

Understanding the difference between historic and historical can mean the difference between “this happened” and “THIS HAPPENED!!!”


January 1, 2019 ACES News

A comma problem

The Chicago Manual of Style gives editors a decent amount of guidance on the proper use of commas, but sometimes it offers open-ended guidelines.


January 1, 2019 ACES News

Allusions, illusions, and elisions can elude spell-check

Some common spelling errors can elude even for the best editors, so don’t let spell-check illude you into thinking it will catch every problem.


January 1, 2019 ACES News

Hyperlinks 101

Hyperlinks are clickable areas of a screen that take you to another part of a document or to a website.


January 1, 2019

Content marketing made easy

"Content Marketing Primer for Editors & Proofreaders" is a short guide that spells out the what, why, how, and when of content marketing.


January 1, 2019 ACES News

Continuous and continual: Just one means recurring

Continuous and continual share the Latin root continere.