While editors may be useful or not, what is apparent is the apparent demise of copy editors. Content errors of spelling are becoming rampant, both online, and in dead-tree works.
It used to be a joke that the Guardian newspaper was so riddled with errors that it was called the Grauniad. But then I noticed that the *gasp* BBC started havin…
While editors may be useful or not, what is apparent is the apparent demise of copy editors. Content errors of spelling are becoming rampant, both online, and in dead-tree works.
It used to be a joke that the Guardian newspaper was so riddled with errors that it was called the Grauniad. But then I noticed that the *gasp* BBC started having errors in its online content, and CNN followed. I can only assume that online content is no longer subject to any independent editing of the author's work. We may relay on spell and grammar checkers as aids, but Grammarly seems to be very flased and more competent writers than I have abandoned it as more trouble than it is worth. [As an ex-Brit, the differences in the use of the definite article between UK and US English is infuriating and looks just weird to my eyes. [I am OK with "s"s becoming "z"s, and dropping "u"s,, changing "ph" to "f", but I find grammar differences harder to assimilate.]
Until we get better spell and grammar checkers, may I suggest we rehire copy editors?
While editors may be useful or not, what is apparent is the apparent demise of copy editors. Content errors of spelling are becoming rampant, both online, and in dead-tree works.
It used to be a joke that the Guardian newspaper was so riddled with errors that it was called the Grauniad. But then I noticed that the *gasp* BBC started having errors in its online content, and CNN followed. I can only assume that online content is no longer subject to any independent editing of the author's work. We may relay on spell and grammar checkers as aids, but Grammarly seems to be very flased and more competent writers than I have abandoned it as more trouble than it is worth. [As an ex-Brit, the differences in the use of the definite article between UK and US English is infuriating and looks just weird to my eyes. [I am OK with "s"s becoming "z"s, and dropping "u"s,, changing "ph" to "f", but I find grammar differences harder to assimilate.]
Until we get better spell and grammar checkers, may I suggest we rehire copy editors?
Totally agree. Especially about the definite article; was brought up on the UK English (got it right this time!)