Lauren Wallingham Editing

I just stole this. How many did you you already know? DID YOU KNOW THESE THINGS HAD NAMES? 1. The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella. 2. The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor.... 3. The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet. 4. The rumbling of stomach is actually called a wamble. 5. The cry of a new born baby is called a vagitus. 6. The prongs on a fork are called tines. 7. The sheen or light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes. 8. The tiny plastic table placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a box tent. 9. The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow. 10. Your tiny toe or finger is called minimus. 11. The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne is called an agraffe. 12. The 'na na na' and 'la la la', which don't really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables. 13. When you combine an exclamation mark with a question mark (like this ?!), it is referred to as an interrobang. 14. The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi. 15. The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye. 16. The condition of finding it difficult to get out of the bed in the morning is called dysania. 17. Illegible hand-writing is called griffonage. 18. The dot over an i or a j is called tittle. 19. That utterly sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence. 20. The metallic device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called Bannock device. HOW MANY OF THE ABOVE DID YOU ALREADY KNOW?

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"An editor can add value to your business." https://blog.sfep.org.uk/editor-business-content/

International Year of Indigenous Languages https://www.cbc.ca//cape-breton-student-sings-beautiful-mi

You learn something new every day.

"Do remember that the role of the editor or proofreader is to manage the author’s intentions and the reader’s expectations." https://blog.sfep.org.uk/inclusive-practices/

One of my pet peeves... http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/is-alright-all-right

"The idea is to get us to fall back in love with reading." https://metro.co.uk//vending-machines-print-free-short-s/

A great resource for referencing your work. https://owl.purdue.edu//using_re/citation_style_chart.html

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