Yup, that's the word that sum's up an editors work ethic and standard whenever he/she is editing. I learnt this the last few days after my edited reports where edited by senior editors and returned to me with many red markings/corrections (now I feel what my students felt . . .). What did the corrections in red whisper loudly to me?
- be careful when deleting unwanted words and phrases - make sure you completely deleted everything
- double check the days/dates mentioned (past and future events can be wrongly reported if you screw this matter up)
- when there's a short point or sentence here and there, find somewhere in another paragraph to slip it in.
Well that's it for now. Gotta go, gotta be meticulous, man!
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