Editing Matters index – V

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V

• vanity publishing Jul 2007, 13
• VAT
  • Customs and Excise investigations Jul 1991, 7
  • entertainment expenses Sep 2006, 8
  • Flat Rate Scheme Jan 2010, 10
  • on fuel Sep 1990, 5
  • registration for Nov 1994, 9–10; Jul 1996, 6; Mar 2003, 9–10; conference supplement Nov 2004, 8; Jul 2007, 15
  • on SfEP fees Jan 1992, 4; May 2000, 14
• VDUs see computers: monitors
• vector images May 2007, 5–6
• verbal contracts Jan 2001, 7
• ‘verbification’ (of nouns) Feb 1993, 15; May 1993, 8
• verbs
  • conditional verbs May 2016, 10–11
  • noun/verb agreement Jul 2014, 7
  • subjunctive mood Mar 2016, 1, 11
  • see also tenses
• veterinary science: Black’s Veterinary Dictionary (19th edn: book review) Dec 1999, 10–11
• videos
  • making Jul 2014, 8–9
  • screencasts Mar 2017, 8–9
• virtual teams May 2009, 7; conference supplement Nov 2009, 6–7
• viruses (computer) Jun 1991, 6; Jan 1994, 12; Apr 1994, 4–7; Apr 1999, 6–7; Mar 2002, 9
  • hoaxes May 1998, 14; Apr 1999, 7; Nov 2003, 8
  • see also anti-virus software
• Visual Basic: conference supplement Nov 2006, 5; conference supplement Nov 2008, 6; Sep 2015, 8
• visual display units see computers: monitors
• Visual Thesaurus (web-based tool) Mar 2008, 8
• ‘vitreous’/‘vitriform’ Nov 2010, 7
• voice-controlled software May 2002, 12; Jan 2018, 14–15
• VoIP (voice-over-internet-protocol) May 2006, 10
• voluntary work Mar 2002, 5; Nov 2003, 7; May 2009, 8–9; Mar 2012, 4–5; May 2019, 23–24
  • sabbaticals Jul 2013, 4–5
• vowel-less words Apr 1997, 8; Jun 1997, 13
• vowels: sentences using Jan 2002, 12