Weird Word Wednesday

tyro or tiro\TY-roh\noun:

 

1. One who is beginning to learn something.
2. Someone new to a field or activity.
3. Novice or beginner.

e.g. "Although I have been writing for years, I am still considered a tyro in the professional writing circle."

5 tricks in 5 min to improve your paper's readability.

Nick Oswald has some excellent insights into making your  manuscript more readable.

As he rightly points out, even if you get your work published, no-one will read it if it is poorly written -- so what was the point in having it published in the first place?

Nick helps us bring our focus back to writing a story - not just a paper. Science, like any writing, needs to engage the reader, including different fields.
It is essential that you make your manuscript readable. This is where it helps to have an experienced editor to look over it with you, particularly if English isn't your first language.

Click here to view the full article and see his 5 tips to improve the readability of your manuscript.

For Last Friday....

Its been a pretty busy time with a new puppy in the house! I seem to be playing ref as my new pup and my 3-year-old dog have snarling, wrestling fights. 
A poor excuse, however, for forgetting to put up last week's Fast Fact Friday.


Not really an editing fact, but I thought this was interesting:

In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass. And when I was a kid, I had a knee specialist called Dr. McKnee.

Penny and Dash - on one of the rarer quiet moments. :-)