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Subject:RE: what to look for in a Tech Editor From:Watson Laughton <WLaughton -at- orphan -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 6 May 2003 13:46:57 -0500
>>Or do you mean that a good editor ought to be aware that there are many
systems of
>>English grammar
You mean like Ebonics, and the grammar that results from Whole Language
teaching curricula?
>>also to combat those who learned, in school, ridiculous Latin-based rules
like
>>"never split an infinitive" and still try to foist them on the rest of us.
Weeelll, there's something to be said for knowing the rules before you break
them.
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