Wendy Allen

Wrestling the wily comma into submission. Editor, writer dba Drifting Earth Editorial. Member of ACES @copyeditors. Lover of good doggos 🐶 & fine whisky.

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This is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time 😂🥰

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@mschristinema Oh no! I think I need to refresh myself on this. Now I fear I’ve been letting wrong ones go out of ignorance! 😳

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@DAnnerMitchell Congrats!! 🎉

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@wisekaren I work at a good company and my colleagues and I fought that battle for a long time before giving up on it last year. Regular people know what it means. It’s only us language nerds who get cross-eyed over it. Colleague and I still grumble to each other though 😂

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@HashtagGrammar How would you describe over-editing? Want to make sure it’s not something I’m doing by accident 🙂

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@DAnnerMitchell I like my PC. It works great for what an editor/writer needs and was MUCH less expensive than a Mac—an important factor for a freelancer.

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The best thing I’ve read all day. I ❤️ English 😂

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@DAnnerMitchell How’s it been going?? What an exciting/scary/empowering thing!

[Leanna Orr @LeannaO]

Europeans' out of offices are like "I will not be working until 18 September. All emails will be automatically deleted."

Americans: "I am in the hospital. Email responses may be delayed by up to 30 mins. Sorry for the inconvenience! If urgent, please reach me in the ER at..."

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@mschristinema Ohhhh yes... 😖

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@rhiannonroot B is near V on the keyboard? But who knows why autocorrect or spellcheck didn’t flag it... 🤷‍♀️

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@dog_feelings Paws crossed and all. ❤️

@mavrikthefox

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I got such a kick out of this thread!

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@APvsChicago @HumnEnterprises @EditorMark @word_chat Can’t wait! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us at #thatwordchat!

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@jillysull Wonderful presentation today @jillysull! I'm planning to watch it again and will share with my colleagues. Such great information - Thank you!

[Thoughts of Dog @dog_feelings]

it is the human’s first time trying to change the world. and they are exhausted. so while they rest for a little bit. i have stolen their sign. and will trot proudly around the house with it. until they are ready. to fight again

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@rhiannonroot This made me chuckle. I’m really 12 years old 😂

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@HashtagGrammar That’s exactly why I decided to take time off last week even though I couldn’t go anywhere. Ended up only doing a lot of reading and gardening and cooking, but I needed the distance.

[Wendy Allen @DriftingEarth]

I encourage all #freelancers to take a bit of time off during this stressful time—and honor it. Time off isn’t time off if you’re still checking emails or hopping on the computer “for a quick thing.” HUGS to all. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #WellnessWednesday #selfcare

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Taking time off this week. A client’s response: “Good for you! You’ll still take a look at that piece this week since you’re just staying home, though, right?” Um...no. Doesn’t matter if I’m “just” staying home, that defeats the whole purpose of time off. #freelancer #amediting