Re: Stereotypes (WAS: what to look for in a Tech Editor)

Subject: Re: Stereotypes (WAS: what to look for in a Tech Editor)
From: "Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 09:29:55 -0600


On 6 May 2003 at 14:56, Anita Legsdin wrote:

> Many times his questions were relatively simple, but at least half the
> time he'd ask me esoteric questions such as placement of commas, use of
> serial commas, when to use "which" or "that." I kept telling him I was
> a writer, not an editor, but he never understood the difference.

I haven't been keeping up with the initial thread, but....

I don't consider the use of serial commas or the use of that/which
"esoteric". Every good writer should have a basic understanding of
grammar, punctuation, etc., and this type of stuff *is* basic.

I would suspect that many people are like me and don't have the
luxury of an editor. We're responsible for writing the text in a
technically accurate and comprehensible manner, and well as
"dotting the i's and crossing the t's".

Dana W.


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