Even if your copy is on message and reads well, small errors can sink you.
Every month, our team — led by proofreader Sarah Muench — shares a proofreading tip or two to help you strengthen your content, one detail at a time.
TIP: Em Dash (Part 1): Spaces or no spaces?
You see it both ways so often that its inconsistency has become consistent, but it still gets under your skin. Should an em dash (—) have spaces before and after it, or should it touch [...]
TIP: A Book Is “Titled.”
"Entitled" entails a right to do something. It is not the same thing as "titled." No: I wrote a book entitled "Grammar and You." Yes: I wrote a book titled "Grammar and You." Yes: [...]
TIP: Health Care vs. Healthcare
The words "health" and "care" are used so frequently together in the English language that they are becoming joined at the hip, but according to AP Style, they require separation surgery. Health care as a [...]