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Sarah Terry

@spellegance.bsky.social

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📚 Freelance copy-editor & proofreader; comma chameleon. Brit. and US Eng. 350+ titles to date. ❤️ literary/experimental fiction. German speaker, Spanish & Swedish learner, indie fan, slow runner, wild(ish) swimmer, enthusiastic exerciser, horror lover

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Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of the reasons I love the German language so much ❤️

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world

Once dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked

www.theguardian.com

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunate typo on school message re their English teaching

Cropped screenshot from a school app message telling English students that 'Next week we are looking at EMGLISH!'

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 5d

UK #editors and #proofreaders who do work for public authority clients in other European countries - have you been asked for an organisation number in order to be paid? And is there a way to circumvent this for sole traders, who don't have an organisation number?

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 6d

Good idea – distraction techniques work wonders

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sure your shoes are just fine 🙂 Provided, of course, that the mouse hasn't escaped from the cheese and started nibbling them...

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Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 6d

In today's 'No shit, Sherlock' news... www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Parenting advice on social media is often poor quality, says Phillipson

Education secretary warns against misleading claims online during launch of ‘Best Start in Life’ campaign

www.theguardian.com

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 7d

I love that phrase too 😍

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 7d

Just came across the loveliest phrase in the book I'm #proofreading: 'a time when I was as happy as a mouse nesting in a wheel of cheese'

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Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 7d

at the tum of the twentieth century > at the turn of the twentieth century

The curse of OCR strikes again!

#AmProofreading

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 13d

@uk.theconversation.com Is your site down at the moment? I can't get on it my end and am trying to check an article for a book I'm editing... Thanks!

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 24d

Adventures in copy-editing this week:

- queried whether 'pussy licker' might look better closed up, as with 'cocksucker'
- discovered that Australians call a strimmer a 'whipper snipper'

If I achieve nothing else this week, I'll be happy 🙂

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · 28d

Spotted in the wild in my local indie bookshop, @nathanwaddell.bsky.social! Seeing something in print that I've been a part of still makes me very happy!

A photograph of a bookshelf in a bookshop. 'A Bright Cold Day: The Wonder of George Orwell' by author Nathan Waddell is in the centre of the photo, displayed with the cover facing outwards, while the other books on the shelf have been placed with their spines facing the reader

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Sep 10

Cool thread! Strange Horticulture, this game's predecessor, is one of the best games I've ever played, and if Strange Antiquities is even half as good it'll be brilliant!

Bad Viking Games (Rob & John). Strange Antiquities OUT NOW! @badvikinggames.bsky.social · Sep 10

🛎️1 week to launch 🛎️

Our game, Strange Antiquities, releases next week. We thought we’d share some artefact porn with you - Here's a list of 10 of our favourite strange antiquities from the real world!🧵

#indiegame #indiedev #indie #cozygames #artefactporn #occult

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Aug 13

The best thing about a #StetRun at this time of year – stopping mid run to snack on blackberries

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Aug 13

cark park > car park

That's a new one on me!
#AmEditing

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Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks!

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 21

I've been asked to check over some new endmatter for a book I've proofread, and the Acks hadn't been added previously. Now they give a thanks 'to proofreader extraordinaire Sarah Terry' :-) I think I should get a badge made reading 'Proofreader Extraordinaire'. What do you reckon?

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Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'm sure it is. First time I've seen one in the wild though!

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 14

"She is long"

Like a snake?

Screenshot of a Facebook Marketplace advert for a chaise longue, headed 'She is long', with the wording 'She is long for sell'

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Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 11

Or eternal teenagers?

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 11

professional teenagers?

Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 10

Have I been brushing the wrong part of me all these years?

Advert for Suri electric toothbrushes with the caption 'Want a dentist-level clean but don't want to put trousers on?' To the right of the caption is a hand holding the toothbrush in question. The person holding the toothbrush is obviously wearing traditional-style long-sleeved striped cotton pyjamas.

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Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social · Jul 9

'I sniff with my nose'

What else would I be sniffing with?! Snippity snip!

#AmEditing

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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · Jul 9

#Authors, why is a proofread/final review post-copyedit important?

Today I'm reviewing a client's revisions following my copyedit, and while I'm mostly just accepting her tracked revisions, I have found one spot where an edit removed the space between words and one where an edit left an extra "e".

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