I updated my personal website today. www.hotpepper.ca This revision has been at least two years in the making. I have been trying to develop a brand for myself. A brand based on how people view me and how I want to be viewed. It’s taken a lot of feedback from others and a lot of… Continue reading New website design
Author: Kim Siever
I am a copywriter and copyeditor. I blog on writing and social media tips mostly, but I sometimes throw in my thoughts about running a small business.
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Canadian Style Tip #3: Numerical expressions
This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 5.26 Numerical expressions: other considerations Dollar amounts in different currencies should be distinguished from one another by some easily understood marker. A reference to $20 will be ambiguous to a non-Canadian reader and may be taken to refer to American or some other currency. No single… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #3: Numerical expressions
Is it Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time?
When you search for “daylight saving time” on Google, you’ll find nearly 13 million results. “Daylight Savings Time”, on the other hand, brings about half as many results. On the surface, it seems that “Daylight Saving Time” is the more popular of the two terms. Not so fast!
Canadian Style Tip #2: Titles of office or rank
This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 4.08 Titles of office or rank (g) Capitalize titles only when they refer to a specific person; do not capitalize a term that refers to a role rather than a person. As prime minister, Stephen Harper shuffled his cabinet. Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuffled his cabinet.
When are double words okay?
When are double words okay?.
Canadian Style Tip #1: Enumerations
This is the first post in what I hope will be a regular series. I will share a guideline from The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing, the official style guide for Public Works and Government Services Canada Translation Bureau. 7.41 Enumerations Use a dash, not a colon, to enclose a list of… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #1: Enumerations
Writing out the age of a person
The following is a reader submission. How do you write out the age of a person? Is it correct to write: 48-year-old or 48 year-old? Hi Amy, Thanks for the great question. It’s actually a pretty simple answer. If you use the phrase as a noun, you use hyphens (e.g. The 48-year-old ate at the… Continue reading Writing out the age of a person
Personal Branding
I will tell you this: personal branding can backfire. When I moved to Lethbridge ten years ago and people asked me what I did for a living, I told them I designed websites. It worked. I had several people come to me for web design advice, and I even had a few clients. Fast forward… Continue reading Personal Branding
Appositives
Appositives
Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences
Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences