tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post464857181413266286..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): Disregarding Grammar? (Mailbox)Chris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-68186546252349881682021-10-04T20:24:01.240-07:002021-10-04T20:24:01.240-07:00I've been working as an editor for over a deca...I've been working as an editor for over a decade . . . and yeah. This tracks.<br /><br />I love my work, but copyediting is about forty percent helping writers make sense and forty percent giving writers the veneer of "correct English," so that people will listen to the sense they are already making. (The other twenty percent of my job is going "No, Mark Twain never said that." Bad research is a *much* bigger problem in the publishing industry than slang or misused commas.)Bethany B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04172479825894494698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-8980219923403354322021-10-01T13:50:24.424-07:002021-10-01T13:50:24.424-07:00I love this,even though it makes me acutely aware ...I love this,even though it makes me acutely aware that sometimes I've been a grammar Nazi, and how inexcusably and mean that is. I hope such heightened awareness will help me avoid making such an ass of myself in the future.MmeKristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008759312543708332noreply@blogger.com