Sad news from the world of publishing. When will this inter-style-guide warfare end? #copyediting #proofreading
https://theonion.com/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago-manu-1819574341/

AI Writing Assistant: Proofreading, Grammar Check, Spelling Correction, and Paraphrasing Tool.
https://zurl.co/cHagZ
https://zurl.co/VgQxP
#AIWritingAssistant #Proofreading #GrammarCheck #SpellingCorrection #Paraphrasing #WritingTools #AIResearch #AcademicWriting #Research

Immer häufiger verunreinigen Standard-Dialogfloskeln von #KI -Sprachmodellen wissenschaftliche Publikationen. #Proofreading und #PeerReview müssten sie eigentlich sofort aufspüren. Läuft hier etwa immer weniger Qualitätskontrolle? – Fragen wir in unserem Blog: https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=14228

Sure they do. #maths #cricket #ProofReading

Plain weaves and twill weaves are accepted, though.

Proofreading: It matters!

Proofreading: It matters!

My #current list:

#editing
* Assessing submissions to Tangled Tree Publishing & Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "The Forever Play" by Katy Archer

#reading
* "When I'm Dead" by Hannah Morrissey
* "Different Seasons" by Stephen King

#listening
* "Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King

This morning I'm sharing a brief thread on my freelance gigs, because social media sharing is good for the discoverability of these gigs and for the search algorithm within Fiverr, for better or for worse. (I'm not here to argue these points; please skip, if uninterested.)

First up, though it may require login, is my profile: https://www.fiverr.com/s/lj01yy7

AI tool corrects grammar mistakes, ensuring perfect and polished text.
https://zurl.co/IY3Wn
#AI #GrammarCorrection #Writing #Language #Technology #Efficiency #ArtificialIntelligence #Grammar #Proofreading #Accuracy

Testimonials on my website from people whose writing I've copy-edited or proofread: https://stancarey.com/testimonials/

If this is something you're interested in getting done, I'd love to hear from you.

So, AI's now the #superhero of #academia, spotting all the errors researchers missed while pretending to be smart . Meanwhile, humans everywhere breathe a sigh of #relief as they realize their PhDs are *finally* getting the #automated #proofreading they so desperately needed . Now if only #AI could also write the papers for them...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00648-5 #Research #HackerNews #ngated

Punctuation: It matters!

Those quotation marks really don't "help."

Still looking for proof readers for my Fediverse Book I'm writing.

#ProofReaders #ProofReading #Fediverse #FediverseBook

Sometimes your draft just needs a little word tornado. (And maybe a Stetson hat.)

#writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour #proofreading #editing #bookstodon

Cartoon by @grantdraws

Wow! Two infamous errors in one #proofreading project. I feel so USEFUL!

This project had 1 instance of "Dr. Spock" where "Mr. Spock" was needed, and 1 instance of "Ernest Hemmingway." (S/be "Hemingway.")

I've wanted to join the ranks of "Hemingway fixers" for years and I finally got the chance. 24 years as an #editor and I still get a thrill out of a good catch.

Remember, people, #proofreaders are your last line of defense. Don't skip this valuable step before publication.

#Proofreading a book that has had a bad copyedit is one of my least favorite tasks. I can't fix all the errors. It's too late in the game. The publisher doesn't want to spend the money. So the poor author is stuck with "garbage in, polished garbage out."

My advice? #Writers: Even if you have a traditional publisher, make sure your manuscript is in the best possible shape before turning it over. Your recourse for fixing errors later is limited.