'Serve Yourself' is the lead single from the debut album, 'Serve Yourself' by Small Engine Repair.  The album will be released through iLabel records on the 27th Jan 2014.  Pre-order now on iTunes.

Small Engine Repair

Serve Yourself

Why I can't explain grammar but think it's really important for an editor to grasp at a sophisticated level — so she can retire the gavel.

What is your relationship with grammar? Have you found a working compromise? Can you draw how a bicycle works? Leave your comments below, or join the discussion over on the Dameditors Facebook page.

Adrienne Montgomerie is scieditor online. about.me/scieditor/ Her home blog is called Right Angels and Polo Bears. You can find it at http://blog.CatchTheSun.net.

Mentioned in this episode: 

•	James Harbeck’s Sesquiotica http://sesquiotic.wordpress.com
•	Ryerson Publishing Certificate http://ce-online.ryerson.ca/ce/default.aspx?id=2000
•	Karen Virag’s dangling modifiers http://blog.editors.ca/2014/01/in-memoriam/
•	Corina Kock-Macleod of Beyond Paper Editing http://beyondpaperediting.weebly.com
•	Cheryl Stephens’ Plain Language blog http://plainlanguagewizardry.blogspot.ca/2014/01/dont-i-care-about-grammar.html
•	zombie rules http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/10/09/the-guardian-opposes-zombie-rules/
•	This just in: A sound and clear grammar investigation into the zombie rule of less v. fewer http://blog.inkyfool.com/2014/02/less-fewers.html

The image for this episode is by chrisbb, used under CC BY 2.0 license. 

Grammar Less: Editing without a gavel

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Back It Up

From the upcoming City and Colour album, The Hurry and The Harm, available June 4, 2013 on Dine Alone Records. 

Pre-order now: http://smarturl.it/TheHurryAndTheHarm

Visit www.cityandcolour.ca for more info.


The Hurry and the Harm

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Editing copy in Canada is a world of intrigue, passion, and misplaced modifiers. Don't believe it? Listen to these audio versions of my posts at Right Angels and Polo Bears, as well as my _Canadian, Eh?_ column on Copyediting.com.

Topics cover the freelance biz, publishing, technical skills, corporate works, spoken works and apps, from the editor's point of view.

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