June 2010 archive

News article about moving house written by Bold Type for Liza McKilliam's real estate website

Article for Liza McKilliam’s website about moving house

June 30, 2010

When writing for the web – indeed, for any particular website – it’s important to consider what will interest the visitors to that website. For those interested in buying and selling homes, moving house is inevitable. That’s why a recent article written by Bold Type for Liza McKilliam’s real estate website is all about moving …

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The Macquarie Dictionary is the standard used for spelling in Australia

Editorial question: should Internet be spelt with a cap ‘I’ or a lower case ‘i’?

June 23, 2010

As an editor writing for print and the web, I have been asked many times about how to write Internet – with a cap ‘I’ or a lower case ‘i’.
In Australia, the source of all wisdom on such matters is the Macquarie Dictionary which advocates Internet with a cap ‘I’. They don’t give a reason …

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