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Summary: Second rate reference book
Review: A rather toothless attempt at rewriting Strunk and White, or Chicago into "fun." Reference books shouldn't waste this much space on casual conversation. Get to the point--get Elements of Style, Elements of Grammar, and Chicago rather than this handbook.
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Summary: Second rate reference book
Review: A rather toothless attempt at rewriting Strunk and White, or Chicago into "fun." Reference books shouldn't waste this much space on casual conversation. Get to the point--get Elements of Style, Elements of Grammar, and Chicago rather than this handbook.
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Summary: Excellent Resource!
Review: As a copy editor (and grammar nut), every day I rely on style guides, dictionaries, and other resources. This handbook is one of my favorite reference books. It's a great resource when you forget certain basic rules or when you come across an obscure grammar problem. It explains rules in simple English and provides plenty of good examples. It also includes several grammar practice tests. The index is very helpful and almost always leads you where you need to go. For those reviews that complained that it's not an engaging read, well, of course not. It's really more of a reference manual, not something you're going to curl up with in bed. While it's probably especially useful for younger editors, I think it's still a helpful reference for old pros, too. I know that I'll keep it with me as my career continues.
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Summary: A comprehensive guide for any editor
Review: I have spent more than thirty years as an editor, and I teach in the Certificate Program in Editing at the University of Washington Extension. Amy Einsohn's book is required reading. It's an invaluable complement to the standard manuals (Chicago, Words into Type, etc.), and it's very readable--a lucid, generous, up-to-date work. It utterly transcends the squabbles about vocabulary that people often confuse with the work of editing manuscripts.
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Summary: This is a terrific book!
Review: I have spent more than thirty years as an editor, and I teach in the Certificate Program in Editing at the University of Washington Extension. Amy Einsohn's book is required reading. It's an invaluable complement to the standard manuals (Chicago, Words into Type, etc.), and it's very readable--a lucid, generous, up-to-date work. It utterly transcends the squabbles about vocabulary that people often confuse with the work of editing manuscripts.
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Summary: Best of its Kind
Review: I'm a bit of of a writer's book junkie. Certain rules of grammar never seem to stick and other rules are quickly forgotten if I don't keep up. "The Copyeditor's Handbook" is the most comprehensive and useful book of its kind that I have found. The writing is engaging, the excercises helpful, and the range of information covered is impressive. This belongs on every copywriter and copyeditor's reference shelf.
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Summary: Excellent Resource
Review: I'm an English teacher who does occasional freelance copyediting, and I found this book to be not simply a fine guide to copyediting but an excellent run-down of grammar and sentence structure, including the various 'debates' about split infinitives, email or e-mail, like or as, and so on. It is a clear and readable book (just as it ought to be!), useful and informative, but also enjoyable for its own sake.
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Summary: A very readable reference
Review: If you studying to be an editor, or are simply honing our skills, I would highly recommend Einsohn's book. The book covers the basics of copyediting, editing for style, and editing language. Each chapter is explained well, and most chapters include exercises (with the answers in the back). This book covers hard-copy editing as well as electronic editing. This is a must-have for your personal reference library.
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Summary: A very readable reference
Review: If you studying to be an editor, or are simply honing our skills, I would highly recommend Einsohn's book. The book covers the basics of copyediting, editing for style, and editing language. Each chapter is explained well, and most chapters include exercises (with the answers in the back). This book covers hard-copy editing as well as electronic editing. This is a must-have for your personal reference library.
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Summary: Way too liberal with the English language
Review: Putting the word "copyeditor" in the title of this book is a big no-no. No copyeditor will find this book worth reading. The advice and use of language is both liberal and flawed.
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