Re: Word misses typos - puts egg on writer's face?

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>]

From: "David Neeley" <dbneeley -at- oddpost -dot- com>


> Over time, "proofreading" has simply come to mean a light editorial task
done at any stage to catch the kinds of typographical, spelling, and style
errors that need to be rooted out of copy on its way to finalization. As you
are probably aware, large publishers of many sorts have both editors and
"proofreaders"--with the latter being the primary source of correction of
minor errors. While they may be involved earlier in the process, they are
usually still employed after editing but before the material goes on the
press.
>


Yes, minor errors are caught by light editing/proofreading. But good writing
demands not just the catching of minor errors -- it demands editing, and
technical writing demands technical editing. That has to occur before any
proofreading. That was my initial point. I hope I've clarified that. If not,
go have a cup o' Joe. ; )

___________________________
Bonnie Granat
Granat Technical Editing and Writing
http://www.editors-writers.info



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