Em Rule Editing

24/03/2025

Noticed Word’s Format Painter shortcut has changed? Me too – and it was driving me nuts! So I checked out what’s going on, and (good news!) found out how to bring back the old shortcuts.

Want the fix? Check out the blog! 👇
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I’ve found Word’s Format painter a handy tool for many years – a quick Ctrl-Shift-C and Ctrl-Shift-V to copy and paste a style from one place to another (repeatedly) has been a quick an…

09/11/2021

Normalise having a second pair of eyes on your writing.

04/05/2021

An explanation for anyone wondering...

03/04/2021

You can always count on Hermione to get it right! That’s what reading plenty of books will do for you. 📖📚

Find out more at https://emrule.co.nz/2019/07/17/less-and-fewer/

24/03/2021

We’ve all done it!

Okay, first of all...

09/03/2021

This is an interesting snapshot of where we were linguistically a year ago, and how our language has evolved.

What other terms have you noticed evolving?

The story of COVID-19 is already being etched into English.

08/03/2021

So true! 😂

(Edited to add link to original post
https://www.facebook.com/PikkosHouse/photos/a.399916333419706/3666281736783133/?type=3 )

07/03/2021

Happy International Women’s Day, and happy Proofreaders’ Day!

An auspicious day indeed!

03/11/2020

This appealed to me!

This is totally wrong, but totally funny.

19/08/2020

Anyone else finding this working from home...? 😂

A cartoon by Brooke Bourgeois.

17/06/2020

"When you feel stuck, just write."

This is a great tip – and very similar to advice many of my friends hear often; "Just get it written down, you can edit later."

The 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize is now open. To inspire and support you along the way, CBC Books is publishing a writing tip each week.

31/05/2020

Writing for customers and/or your website, and tempted to use FAQs*?

Read this article from Gov.UK before you start.

*note no apostrophe in FAQs 😁

GDS is leading the digital transformation of the UK government.