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Laura Moyer is a compulsive copy editor who reads the AP Stylebook for fun.

The Red Pen archives:

Bee gives copy editors the cold sweats


Did she really turn herself into police?


Now we cross our fingers and wait


One luminaria, many luminarias


A Memorial Day word


Two F’s, two T’s. Why is this so hard?


It’s not just Presbyterian


‘A slim tome’? Not possible


Objection sustained: ‘Revert back’ is a redundancy


Spelling and spell check


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