Stet Again
More Tricks of the Trade for Publications People
Selections from THE EDITORIAL EYE
By The Editorial Eye

      Still can’t figure out the difference between “between” and “among,” or “farther” and “further?” Or are you dealing with writers who don’t know the difference (and won’t admit it)? In the land of publications, the man with the red pen is king, but only if the man knows subject/verb agreement, and how to respect writers.

      For those of you who take offense at “the man” and other gender-specific constructions, or for those of you who work for publications and companies that have to watch their language, the subject of sexist and non-sexist language gets the full treatment along with other vexing grammar matters in Stet Again, the “Best Of” compilation of Editorial Eye Magazine.

      Whether you’re a writer, editor, or even a SME (that’s subject matter expert), Stet Again deserves a place on your bookshelf with Strunk and White’s Elements of Style, On Writing by William Zinsser, The Chicago Manual of Style, and your company’s own style guide (Stet Again shows you why and how to write one).

       Think you don’t need to know good grammar or style or layout with desktop publishing and spell check? Stet Again is the cure for editorial (and writer) arrogance, not to mention the corporate mentality so aptly expressed by the pointy-haired manager in Dilbert, who (Can I say who here? Look it up.) repeatedly refuses to respect the harried technical writers and SMEs who strive to make the boss look good on paper and online. Illustrators, graphic designers, writers and editors can all learn to play nicely if some Good Samaritan provides each of them with a copy of Stet Again. All personnel involved in creating professional publications can recognize familiar conundrums in the many questions Editorial Eye staff members have answered over the years.

      Stet Again is, quite simply, a writer’s best friend and an editor’s assistant. Let’s not forget the freelance writers in the trenches, the graphic designers bidding on projects, and the grammarians who live to impress us all with memorized rules. But the grammarians can all agree to applaud the expert eagle eyes of Editorial Eye.