Comments on: Geras on copyediting (revised and lawyered)

By: Allan Ken

Allan Ken — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 03:24:40 +0000

I once submitted a text for review and can you imagine it was edited more than 100 times?? But having to go through the trouble, things at least went fairly well in the legal department.

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 01:02:02 +0000

Those of us on the legal side are equivalently horrified/amused at the instances where something disastrous somehow escapes legal review and gets published.

By: OB

OB — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:40:58 +0000

That’s hilarious! says an editor who has just finished (half of) an arduous job of editing – arduous in this case because the work is so good; I had to prune purely for reasons of space, and it was agony.

By: Charlie Stross

Charlie Stross — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:55:54 +0000

Small scream. —Charlie (who is expecting the copy edits on his latest book to show up next week …)

By: Ben Hyde

Ben Hyde — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:59:35 +0000

Please provide summary of action items with when bys.

By: Mrs Tilton

Mrs Tilton — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:04:47 +0000

All true enough as far as it goes, Daniel; but I think it’s rather rare to deliver a 10b-5 opinion on a blog post. (I will refrain from suggesting that bloggers don’t do their diligence.)

By: raj

raj — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:55:59 +0000

Um, it should be >Generally (or “In general”), I am not contemptuous of someone because of his (or her) profession, job or calling. Short, and to the point.