... especially in my case. A new client came to me with two manuscripts. He said he was Prof. N's former student. I knew Prof. N well; in fact, he is among the clients I actually met in person. Still, I hesitated a bit. Why? It's his email address, which is not related to his work unit. I think yo ...
For years, I have wanted to show that you don't need to be a native speaker to be an English language editor. A journal editor, and a good friend of mine, encouraged me to get listed at the AMS Web site for language services. This way, I will be able to help authors who want to publish in JPO, a jo ...
For God's sake, if your results are not new enough to be considered "to show something for the first time," do you really need to publish them? (Maybe, confirmation of published results is needed sometimes, especially at the beginning of such research.) I prefer NOT to use such a phrase, "for the ...
Fight when you can, against the journal editor or reviewers. Don't always assume they are right and you are wrong, even when it's about English expression. ps. Why should I care? Here is the background info. A reviewer said "topography is not a driving mechanism," and asked the authors to use "top ...
I have been doing English editing alone for five years now. Ever since I started editing, I was hoping for a business partner. Finally, the opportunity presented itself, and now I can truly take a vacation when I want to. Thank you, J.A.P., for sharing the workload and the pain and joy.
I have revised this Blog to make it useful for others. Questions: How to write a paper in LaTeX on Windows 7? Background: I wrote papers on Unix machines using TeX and LaTeX before, but I don't want to go to my office all the time. So, I want to learn how to use LaTeX on my laptop. Does anyone a ...