Comments for Sabertext Editorial Consulting http://sabertext.com Powerful, Sharp Text Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Homogeneous vs. homogenous by Alex http://sabertext.com/homogeneous-vs-homogenous/#comment-2990 Alex Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:54:09 +0000 http://sabertext.com/?p=19#comment-2990 You mean, "This is one of those tricky distinctions..." You mean, “This is one of those tricky distinctions…”

]]> Comment on ‘But’ in successive clauses by Benjamin Hourigan http://sabertext.com/but-in-successive-clauses/#comment-496 Benjamin Hourigan Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:47:04 +0000 http://sabertext.com/?p=17#comment-496 Hi, Penny. Thanks for commenting, and for pointing out the clashing paragraph and character styles. I'll be back in Melbourne soon—we should catch up. It's been a long time. Hi, Penny. Thanks for commenting, and for pointing out the clashing paragraph and character styles. I’ll be back in Melbourne soon—we should catch up. It’s been a long time.

]]> Comment on ‘But’ in successive clauses by Penelope Goodes http://sabertext.com/but-in-successive-clauses/#comment-494 Penelope Goodes Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:55:52 +0000 http://sabertext.com/?p=17#comment-494 Unless you're correcting proofs, sometimes a reorganisation of the text is the best approach. For example, you could recast the final sentence: 'Come election time, however, as adults they are compelled to vote'. (I can't see which word you emphasised as the paragraph style has overridden the character style.) I would argue that it's better to have the right word than a short one, but this is certainly a good rule to apply to commercial or bureaucratic writing that contains too much jargon. Unless you’re correcting proofs, sometimes a reorganisation of the text is the best approach. For example, you could recast the final sentence: ‘Come election time, however, as adults they are compelled to vote’. (I can’t see which word you emphasised as the paragraph style has overridden the character style.)

I would argue that it’s better to have the right word than a short one, but this is certainly a good rule to apply to commercial or bureaucratic writing that contains too much jargon.

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