Vocabulary Tips

An archive of posts covering vocabulary tips and word choice. Find out more about the common linguistic errors. Check out our editing advice to make sure you can proofread and edit documents effectively.

  • Proofreading and Editing Tips: When Alright and Anymore Aren’t All Right Any More

    When Alright and Anymore Aren’t All Right Any More

    When Alright and Anymore Aren’t All Right Any More

    Jan 16, 2018

    • Common Errors
    • Other Errors
    • Proofreading Tips
    • Spelling
    • Vocabulary Tips

    Even as a proofreader, alright and anymore may not ring any alarm bells. In less formal English, both are common. But two things you may need to know about these words include: That alright technically isn’t a word. That anymore (as one word) has a very specific usage. So put on your editing hats and […]

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  • Proofreading Before Computers

    Proofreading Before Computers

    Nov 21, 2017

    • Proofreading Tips
    • Vocabulary Tips

    Proofreading dates back to the early days of printing: a contract from 1499 even mentions it, saying that the responsibility for proofreading lies with the author. But it may interest technology fans to know that Microsoft Word was not around in the fifteenth century. And proofreading before computers was, necessarily, very different. As such, to […]

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The Etymology of ‘Proofreading’

  • Proofreading and Editing Tips: When Alright and Anymore Aren’t All Right Any More

    When Alright and Anymore Aren’t All Right Any More

    Jan 16, 2018

    • Common Errors
    • Other Errors
    • Proofreading Tips
    • Spelling
    • Vocabulary Tips

    Even as a proofreader, alright and anymore may not ring any alarm bells. In less formal English, both are common. But two things you may need to know about these words include: That alright technically isn’t a word. That anymore (as one word) has a very specific usage. So put on your editing hats and […]

    Read more
  • Proofreading Before Computers

    Nov 21, 2017

    • Proofreading Tips
    • Vocabulary Tips

    Proofreading dates back to the early days of printing: a contract from 1499 even mentions it, saying that the responsibility for proofreading lies with the author. But it may interest technology fans to know that Microsoft Word was not around in the fifteenth century. And proofreading before computers was, necessarily, very different. As such, to […]

    Read more
  • The Etymology of ‘Proofreading’

    Sep 28, 2017

    • Proofreading Tips
    • Vocabulary Tips

    Here at Knowadays we have a poster on the wall (next to the signed pictures of our favourite pedants of stage and screen) that says, ‘You don’t have to know the etymology of “proofreading” to work here, but it helps!’ Our questionable taste in wall décor aside, the term ‘proofreading’ does make more sense when […]

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