About Me
With a BA and an MA in English, Erin has been an editing professional for over 15 years and is sought after for her expertise in language mechanics. She works on a variety of media in all levels of editing and has experience teaching editing and coaching writers.
You can find Erin's work on The Writing Resource, Copyediting.com, Examiner, and Visual Thesaurus.
You can find Erin's work on The Writing Resource, Copyediting.com, Examiner, and Visual Thesaurus.
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Favorite Quote:
"If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?"
- T. S. Elliot
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013
- 2 Comments
On Slate, Lexicon Valley Launches a New Language Blog
September 10, 2013
Books:
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
"Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
July 17, 2019
- 3 Comments
Dictionaries:
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
- 4 Comments
Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019
- 4 Comments
Grammar:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 2 Comments
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
- 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Self-publishing:
The March of the E-Books
March 25, 2013
- 15 Comments
Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011
- 4 Comments
Usage:
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Unexpected Cousins
April 1, 2019
- 8 Comments
Vocabulary:
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016
- 2 Comments
Word Origins:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Words:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Writing:
Why Writers Should Use a Secret Sauce: Tracking
February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020
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