Karen Francis, Author at Accuracy Matters

Accuracy Matters To You Us Your Readers Your Clients

Author: Karen Francis

Through the Windowpane: Why Clarity still Matters

“Good prose is like a windowpane.” Of all the quotes I’ve found about clarity in writing, this one by George Orwell is the pithiest, and my favourite. His Politics and the English Language, more of an essay than a book, is well worth adding to your pile if you come across it at the bookshop counter. Writing in 1946, Orwell

The importance of fact-checking when proofreading

Your proofreader has ironed out the typos and corrected the capitals, and the proof is looking good to go – in theory. But what about the facts? It might be tempting to cut fact-checking from the proofreading brief you give to your supplier – perhaps to save time or money. Maybe figures and assertions have been verified during the copy-edit