Do you know the difference between “FAQ’s” and “FAQs” or “less oranges” and “fewer oranges”? Do you cringe when you see statements such as “all major credit cards excepted” or “hope you well”? If you ...

When the American Copy Editors Society meets in Philadelphia this week for its annual conference, survival skills will be high on the agenda. Not too terribly long ago, the copy editing role was ...

In this capstone course you will demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have acquired while completing the Editing Certificate. You will perform a structural edit, stylistic edit, copy edit, and ...

The year was 1997. ACES: The Society for Editing — formerly known as the American Copy Editors Society — was founded as a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in copy editing.

Is editing the career for you? Through course reading, exercises, and assignments, we will introduce you to the roles and responsibilities of editors, as well as the knowledge and skills editors need ...

Most professional in-house or freelance copy editors have had some formal schooling in copy editing. It is a learned skill to a point, but, as far as I’m concerned, you must have an affinity for words ...