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A Few Words on How I Edit
My Editing Philosophy Like all good editors, I’m concerned with those elemental, essential aspects of writing, including plot,...

Erik Harper Klass
Jul 14, 20245 min read
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This Is an Essay on Run-on Sentences[,] and I Hope You Enjoy It
The above is from Jon Fosse's brilliant Septology . My corrections are ironic. First of all, I’d like to forewarn the reader. The...

Erik Harper Klass
Apr 21, 202417 min read
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Why the Author (Usually (but Not Always)) Eschews Nested Square Brackets
Are you familiar with the prescriptivism vs. descriptivism debate in re grammar and usage? It’s a doozy. . . . The prescriptivists tend...

Erik Harper Klass
Feb 19, 20237 min read
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“I’d like to talk about formatting and punctuating dialogue,” said Erik Harper Klass gleefully.
(Preliminary note: The author does not recommend or condone using adverbs with speaker tags. In the title above, and occasionally below,...

Erik Harper Klass
Dec 6, 20229 min read
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The (Usually-but-Not-Always-Unacceptable) Comma Splice
With the (Unasked for) Help of Jonathan Lethem One of the most common grammar errors—or let me put that in quotes: “errors”—I see when...

Erik Harper Klass
Nov 19, 20216 min read
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Do Androids Dream of a Universal Style Guide?
As an editor, I frequently see the same recurring errors of typography. In this post, I want to focus on the three most common, having to...

Erik Harper Klass
Sep 4, 20216 min read
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Punctuation Fun with 'Ulysses' and 'Infinite Jest'
(This article was published in slightly different form in The Writing Cooperative .) An editor, like an ornithologist, stumbles upon...

Erik Harper Klass
May 8, 20217 min read
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The Grammar Rule Only Copyeditors Know
Learn how to use hyphens, en-dashes, and em-dashes.

Erik Harper Klass
Dec 19, 20205 min read
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