My first job after college was with a company that developed training for pharmaceutical sales reps, and it taught me a lot about trademarked drug names. In the materials we created, we had to make sure the drug name was handled correctly every time it appeared—that is, with any unique registered marks and trademarks, capitalization, hyphenation, or…
When there’s no time for a full copyedit, a triage plan helps you focus on what matters most and protect yourself professionally.
“It depends!” I need a button I can press to say this, it is so often my answer to editing and proofreading students. Aside from a handful of inalienable grammar rules, everything else depends. What does it depend on? Why, the style being followed, naturally. And that style is up to the author and the…