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Writing for your audience

17 Oct 2018

Before you start to write, one of the first things you should think about is who your audience is. Who are you writing your document for? Who do you want to read it, and what are their needs? Who Ask yourself if you’re writing for professionals, or for the public. If you’re an engineer, and … More Writing for your audience

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‘A historic’ vs ‘an historic’

18 Jul 2018

Why do some people say “an hotel” or “an historic moment”? Have you ever heard someone say this? They’re looking to book “an hotel”, or they consider an event to be “an historic moment”? (there’s an example at about 1.22 on the video in the article An ‘historic moment’ for the Green Party – James … More ‘A historic’ vs ‘an historic’

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Creating a Word AutoCorrect

8 Nov 2017

Is there’s a word you’re constantly mistyping, and having to go back and correct? (Perhaps you always mistype the as teh … or maybe that’s just me.) Creating an autocorrect so that Word will correct it for you automatically means you don’t have to fix them up yourself. And remember those macrons we were inserting … More Creating a Word AutoCorrect

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What’s a style guide?

18 Oct 2017

One of the first things an editor might ask before they start work on your document is if you have a company style guide. Often people think this is the company’s brand style guide or logo guidelines; but a writing style guide serves a different purpose. A style guide is a set of standards for … More What’s a style guide?

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Kate Morgan-Riggir has over 25 years’ professional editing and proofreading experience, and more than 20 years’ experience writing for businesses. She can help turn your writing into content you’re proud of; and if you don’t have time to write that report or web content yourself, she can do it for you.
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An em rule or dash is a type of long dash that is the same length as an m (—).

Em Rule’s name is a play on the initials of Kate’s surname (M-R), and idea that editorial “rulings” help make writing more readable.

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