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RE: Flashpoint of the week: editors and writers egos? (Take II)
Subject:RE: Flashpoint of the week: editors and writers egos? (Take II) From:"MacLemale, Laura \(English & Philosophy\)" <lmaclemale -at- monroecc -dot- edu> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:24:02 -0500
Hello,
To build on Bruce's response about "red ink phobia," this may indeed be true. Recently I started teaching Prof. Comm. at a local college, and the students were fearing the red ink already on the first day of class.
BTW, I use purple ink for the same reasons others use green; it's visible and appealing to the eye. The students have responded fairly well to that, at least so far, but we're only halfway through the current semester...
Regards,
Laura MacLemale
Adjunct Instructor/Technical Writer
lmaclemale -at- monroecc -dot- edu
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From: bounce-techwr-l-152682 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com on behalf of Bruce Byfield
Sent: Mon 3/15/2004 2:52 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L; Dick Margulis
Subject: Re: Flashpoint of the week: editors and writers egos? (Take II)
> This varies greatly among authors; in my experience, the only ones who
> have any difficulty with red ink are prima donnas who have problems
> with the editing process as a whole.
Bruce wrote: "I've never been a school teacher, but I have been a university instructor,
which is not that different..." <snip>
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