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Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way theglobeandmail.com/news/world/bos… via @globeandmail "Under way" should be one word. 2:34 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
PreciseEdit Please-just one space after a period. Really, you don't need two. 5:15 PM May 11th via Seesmic twhirl Retweeted by GrammarEditor and 7 others
Typo of the Day: editing client wrote "a neuromas" instead of "enormous" #grammar #english 8:43 AM May 12th via web
Conservatives back private members' bill - via @winnipegnews shar.es/2C8sL via @sharethis #grammar Oops it's one member's bill 8:04 PM May 6th via Tweet Button
Witnessess recall events leading up to hang-gliding death vancouversun.com/news/Witnesses… Sad, but no need to add an extra s to "witnesses" #grammar 7:57 PM May 6th via Tweet Button
Just completed editing a Master's thesis in history. 8:18 AM Apr 30th via LinkedIn
Who writes these headlines? #grammar University gets ahold of rare first-edition King James Bible latimes.com/news/nationwor… 8:11 PM Apr 7th via Tweet Button
Grammar counts: A grammar point - cohn.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/15366/a-gramma… (via @sociablesite) #grammar 8:07 PM Apr 7th via Tweet Button
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Worksheet: what makes poetry poetry? Student: poetry is what gets lost in translation. #teaching #poetry 7:39 AM Mar 30th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Just completed editing a Ph.D. thesis in economics on how UK bailout policies were presented in the UK press. 5:38 AM Mar 14th via LinkedIn
Barry Wood: 'Grammar' can be 'glamorous' shar.es/gV6sV #grammar 5:32 AM Mar 10th via Tweet Button
Sorry, there's no such thing as 'correct grammar' | Michael Rosen gu.com/p/35pbc/tw via @guardian #grammar 1:07 PM Mar 2nd via Tweet Button
Wrong word: Prologue vs prolong: bit.ly/wQdh3m via @TorontoStar #grammar 10:30 AM Feb 28th via Tweet Button
Literacy sign slipup has school principal shaking his head - Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/features/liter… #grammar (Spot the error in the headline) 5:37 AM Feb 28th via Tweet Button
HGPublishing supports small entrepreneurs around the world through KIVA kiva.org/i/GMj7zjF6VH5 via @Kiva We just made our sixth loan. 8:50 PM Feb 23rd via Tweet Button
The Associated Press: Avalanche kills 3 in Washington state avalanche -http://news.google.com Redundant and repetitive #grammar 8:41 PM Feb 19th via Tweet Button
George Abbott (education minister) wants "fulsome" accounting. shar.es/fNGUh "Fulsome" = "excessive praise." #grammar #bctf 8:41 AM Feb 15th via Tweet Button
Santorum's hat trick soc.li/0YzPwNI "Romney's campaign budget dwarves his rivals' " 3rd person sing of "dwarf" = dwarfs. #grammar #CBC 10:22 AM Feb 8th via Tweet Button
Pet editing peeve: "In his article, Author states..." How about: "Author (date) states..." #editing #grammar 11:55 AM Feb 6th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Name Peter J. Francis
Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Bio Freelance editor at www.HGPublishing.com; Honors English graduate, B.Ed in Environmental Education; parent and grandparent.