Editing Canadian English - Second Edition - Revised, Updated, and Redesigned

by Editors' Association of Canada

The essential Canadian guide and reference shelf companion to The Chicago Manual of Style and The Canadian Encyclopedia. The first edition (published in 1987 and selling over 7000 copies) established itself as an indispensable tool for editors, writers, journalists, government employees, students, teachers, librarians, copywriters, and marketing and public relations people in short, anyone who uses Canadian English. Editing Canadian English tackles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551990458
• ISBN13: 9781551990453
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: MacFarlane Walter & Ross
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

It's only a bit ironic that this book is only available on a US site!

This book, Editing Canadian English 2nd ed. (2000), is an extremely useful guide for those of us who write or edit in Canada, and as far as I know the *only* copyediting book written from a Canadian perspective and for a Canadian audience. It doubles as a grammar textbook, in that it gives the basic errors that most of us make while we write (capitalisation, spelling, punctuation, etc.), but it also includes chapters on bias, Canada-specific measurements, documentation, editors & the law, and including French words in English writing. It's an immensely useful sourcebook for any Canadian who works with words on a regular basis. I'm quite surprised that the book is available for sale here, given that the company which produced it was bought-out and the book hasn't been in print for over a year. So, if you've ever thought about buying this book, GET IT NOW while it lasts!

Indispensable

An indispensable resource for Canadian editors, publishers, and writers.