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Post by Dave on May 8, 2021 23:10:40 GMT
Today I found two of my bugbears... Our U. S. English word for bugbear is bugaboo.
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Post by Dave on May 8, 2021 23:15:48 GMT
... But I am not sure whether there is a word limit on this forum — a list of my pet peeves would likely exceed whatever it might be. I fear that a list of our pet peeves would become a reference work for those who tend to use them!
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Post by Verbivore on May 9, 2021 1:34:05 GMT
I fear that a list of our pet peeves would become a reference work for those who tend to use them! A pet peeve of mine is how few people ever reference guides – whether stylistic, lexical, technical … . Ultimately it's the editors' / proofreaders' jobs to employ / follow certain guides for clarity, consistency, and correctness – the three Cs – in their publications, yet now far too many relegate those tasks to computer-automated functions such as autocorrect (which introduces at least as many "typos" as it remedies!) without human oversight. "Who needs a [style] guide?" is an increasingly common question – and publications that ask it show their amateurism once ink's on paper (or pixels are on screen). I once quit a small, local newspaper because the editor insisted that all writing be published exactly as submitted; that was part of the community's "hippie–anarchist" culture, into which I had considerable difficulty fitting. ;-) I've compiled numerous corporate / house style guides, from newspapers to academia and beyond, and have often wondered if I were wasting my time. Then I've been brought back from despair's edge when someone has called or written to question or discuss a matter in one of my style guides. Somebody references them, now and then.
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