Most
editors have a “style guide” they use during the editing process. At Wizards in Publishing, we use specific
resources to maintain continuity during edits. These include (but are not limited
to):
1.
The Chicago
Manual of Style
(CMOS).
2.
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary – for spelling and word punctuation.
3.
Center for
Disease Control
(CDC) and National Institute of Health
(NIH) – for proper medical terminology, spelling, abbreviations, punctuation, etc.
4.
.MIL sites – for US military
jargon, terminology, spelling, proper punctuation and abbreviations, as well as
procedure.
5.
Babylon.com – for very minor language translation and
verification. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure any foreign
words and phrases used in a manuscript are accurate in spelling and translation,
punctuated correctly and that the proper idioms, colloquialisms and dialects
are used for a region or a person from that region. Wizards in Publishing will
not be responsible for accuracy of foreign words/phrases.
6.
Google
– when everything else fails.
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