{"id":2148,"date":"2013-06-28T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kainosprint.com.au\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2019-04-19T08:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T08:42:22","slug":"avoid-looking-stupid-when-self-publishing-dont-make-common-grammatical-and-usage-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kainosprint.com.au\/kpblog\/avoid-looking-stupid-when-self-publishing-dont-make-common-grammatical-and-usage-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid looking stupid when self publishing: don\u2019t make common grammatical and usage errors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avoid some of the more common mistakes, and make your work read more professionally. Here are some examples<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When referring to a decade, don\u2019t use an apostrophe as in 90\u2019s, use \u201990s.<\/p>\n

Use hyphens as dashes to hyphenate words (in-between), en rules between numbers (100\u2013200) and em rules between words (different files \u2014 for instance).<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t use ampersands (\u2018&\u2019) in text, use the word \u2018and\u2019.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Make Excessive Use Of Capitals \u2014 keep them to a minimum.<\/p>\n

Use single quotation marks (\u2018 \u2019) rather than double quotation marks(\u201c \u201d), and use curly quotes (\u2018 \u2019) in preference to straight up and down quotes (‘ ‘).<\/p>\n

Use single spaces between sentences, not two spaces.<\/p>\n

Use EITHER line spaces OR indents to separate paragraphs, but not both.<\/p>\n

The text in books is usually left AND right justified, not ragged right.<\/p>\n

Be very conservative with hyphenation, and check that hyphenation occurs in a logical place in the hyphenated word.<\/p>\n

Serif fonts (letters have tails) is generally regarded as easier to read than non-serif fonts.<\/p>\n

Control widows and orphans. Paragraphs of four lines or more should always have a minimum of two lines at the bottom of a page, or at the start of the next page \u2014 not one line. This can be controlled in most software packages.<\/p>\n

We suggest you purchase the following two most useful additions to the library of anyone charged with responsibility of writing material for others to read.<\/p>\n

The first is the Commonwealth Style Manual, 6th edition, published by John Wiley, Paperback, ISBN 0 7016 3648 3, $44.95.<\/p>\n

The second is The Design Manual by David Whitbread, published by UNSW Press, Paperback, ISBN 0 86840 658 9, $49.95.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Avoid some of the more common mistakes, and make your work read more professionally. Here are some examples. When referring to a decade, don\u2019t use an apostrophe as in 90\u2019s, use \u201990s. Use hyphens as dashes to hyphenate words (in-between), en rules between numbers (100\u2013200) and em rules between words (different files \u2014 for instance). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,3,4,5,6,40,7,11,13,14,41,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-book-printing","category-booklet-printing","category-calendar-printing","category-digital-printing-services","category-ebooks","category-flyer-printing","category-poster-printing","category-printing-company","category-printing-services","category-rgb-to-cmyk","category-self-publishing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t