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DOUBLE POSSESSIVE REVISITED Posted on July 25, 2014by 123clear
The other day, I received this message from a visitor to Writing Tips: Which is correct? To be used as a caption under a picture. * The Wright and Hilyer family vacation * The Wright and Hilyer families vacation * The Wright’s and Hilyer’s family vacation * The Wright’s and Hilyer’s families vacationHere’s my reply
Hi, Susan. Thank you for your question. What to write under the photo depends on the situation. * If two families, the Wrights and the Hilyers, are vacationing together, I would write “The Wright and Hilyer families’vacation.”
* If John Wright and Susie Hilyer are married, and she has kept her maiden name, I would write “The Wright and Hilyer family’svacation.”
* If Wright and Hilyer is the name of a company that offers vacation packages, I would write “The Wright & Hilyer Family Vacation.”Best, Tara
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RESOURCE LIST
Posted on June 14, 2011by
123clear
A visitor to this blog recently asked for a list of the books that have been particularly valuable to me as an editor and that I recommend to other editors and would-be editors. Compiling the list was a pleasure, and sharing it allows me to express my great gratitude to those who wrote and edited these wonderfulbooks.
Here’s the list:
* _On Writing Well,_ by William Zinsser. Funny, engaging, inspiring. Very sharp focus on writing uncluttered nonfiction. * _The Copyeditor’s Handbook_, by Amy Einsohn. Clear, straightforward, lots of tips. * _Don’t Sabotage Your Submission_, by Chris Roerden. Excellent. It’s not surprising that the author is an award-winning editor offiction.
* _The Chicago Manual of Style_, the University of Chicago Press. A rich resource that’s now available online as well as in print. * _Guide to News Writing_, by Rene J. Cappon. For professional journalists. It’s Associated Press style. * _The Elements of Style_, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White.Fundamental.
* _Writing from the Inside Out_, by Dennis Palumbo (engaging,heartening)
Cheers,
Tara
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PUNCTUATION CLINIC
Posted on November 16, 2010by
123clear
As I was reading along, thoroughly enjoying a murder mystery, this sentence stopped me cold. It’s a terrific example of a run-on sentence, and I couldn’t make sense of it: > “I’ve said no comment can’t comment and plain I really don’t > know more times than I can count and your Mrs. Martin created some > kind of furor at the marina.” To fix it, I’d use single quotation marks to separate what the speaker is saying now from what he said in the past. Then I’d put the brakes on the run-on sentence with a semicolon, and add a few words to switch gears, like this: > “I’ve said ‘no comment,’ ‘can’t comment,’ and plain, > ‘I really don’t know,’ more times than I can count; and by the > way, your Mrs. Martin created some kind of furor at the marina.”Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Tara
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POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
Posted on October 11, 2010by
123clear
Last week, Marc wrote: > How do idioms work? In particular, which of these is correct:>
> That seems up you and your wife’s alley. > That seems up your and your wife’s alley.>
> There’s no real ‘alley’, so the guidelines with respect to > possession don’t apply. The second example, “That seems up your and your wife’s alley,” is correct. In it, the possessive pronoun “your” indicates that Marc and his wife share the same interests or qualifications (their interests or qualifications are “up the same alley”), and that something of mutual interest has come to their attention (it’s uptheir alley”).
The first example, “That seems up you and your wife’s alley,” would never be correct, because neither “you alley” nor “you wife’s alley” makes sense. I have never come across any rule stating that the guidelines with respect to possession don’t apply to idioms. As always, I invite your questions and comments.Blessings,
Tara
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A QUIET CIGARETTE
Posted on September 28, 2010by
123clear
I am a great fan of murder mysteries, and in one that I read several months ago, I came across this sentence: > The steward was outside the laundry, enjoying a quiet cigarette. My mind promptly seized on _a quiet cigarette,_ and wouldn’t let it go. Fretful and anxious, the mind wondered if the author had ever known a cigarette to be loud. If so, _how_ loud, and what kind of sound did the cigarette make? Then a similar phrase came to mind: _a quiet moment_. Though it never occurred to me until my mind balked at _a quiet cigarette_, _a quiet moment_ doesn’t make much sense either. Being the stickler for clear writing that I am, I’d probably change the offending sentence to something like this: > The steward was outside the laundry, quietly enjoying a cigarette. That would make more sense. But it wouldn’t be anywhere near as entertaining or fun.Cheers,
Tara Treasurefield
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DOUBLE POSSESSIVE
Posted on September 27, 2010by
123clear
Last week, I received this question from Cherie: > Which is correct? > the _College’s associate’s degree programs_ or > the _College’s associate degree programs_?First things first.
If the college uses _associate degree programs_, I’d recommend: > The college’s associate degree programs. If the college uses _associate’s degree programs_, I’d avoid the double possessive by putting it like this: > The associate’s degree programs at the college. You have probably noticed that I changed_ College_ (up style of capitalization) to _college_ (down style of capitalization). Amy Einsohn, author of _The Copyeditor’s Handbook_ offers several examples of down style versus up style: * down style: The president announced; The Truman administration; After the secretary of state left * up style: The President announced; The Truman Administration; After the Secretary of State left. Here’s another example of down style, from _The Chicago Manual of Style,_ 15th edition: > Albion College was founded in 1835. The college has some illustrious> alumni.
Chicago favors down style. So do I. With up style, my eyes strain over the many ups and downs. What do you think? Any comments, questions?Cheers,
Tara
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CLEAR WRITING (WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WORD MAKES!) Posted on November 13, 2008by 123clear
I read a terrific mystery novel last week. I was so caught up in the action, and the characters were so alive for me, that I hoped (and still do) that the author managed to retain movie rights. Imagine how frustrated I felt when I came across the following sentence, which totally baffled me: > Under an old umbrella with a broken rib, Allison hurried back to the> house.
“I don’t recall that Allison broke a rib,” I thought, and quickly flipped back through the pages, searching for the scene that I had apparently missed. I never found that scene, and after re-reading the sentence that had stumped me, I realized my mistake: Allison didn’t have a broken rib.The umbrella did!
Now, I can well imagine that this was perfectly clear to you all along. But people such as I need extra attention, not only from those who give us directions and offhandedly declare with great certainty, “You can’t miss it,” when we usually _do _miss it, but also from writers and editors. So, when you sit in front of your computer or put pen or pencil to paper, please carefully review every word in every sentence for anything that could possibly be misleading. Even then, you will certainly miss something. But do your best. One last thing. If I had written the mystery sentence, I would have put it something like this: > Under an old umbrella _that had _a broken rib, Allison hurried back> to the house.
Cheers,
Tara Treasurefield
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