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Re: What to look for in a technical editor

Subject: Re: What to look for in a technical editor
From: Gene Kim-Eng <gene -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 15:41:26 -0700


I think where you lost me is at the point where the editor moved the comma rather than making a redline or entering a change-
tracked revision and returning the edits to the writer for review/approval. In my (admittedly few and far between) experiences
with editors, they worked with me in an cooperative relationship rather than just rewriting my work without my participation.

Gene Kim-Eng



At 05:01 PM 5/17/2003 -0400, Dick Margulis wrote:

An editor encounters an ungrammatical and therefore ambiguous and therefore logically meaningless string of words (not technically a sentence). The editor moves a comma, rendering the string of words into a well-formed sentence that has an unambigous meaning. This, somehow, causes text that was formerly technically correct to become technically incorrect. Therefore, Bill and you conclude, the reader is better served by the unedited text.

Am I missing something?



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References:
RE: What to look for in a technical editor: From: Bill Swallow
Re: What to look for in a technical editor: From: Bonnie Granat
Re: What to look for in a technical editor: From: Dick Margulis

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