RE: Okay all you independent contractors: hit the bricks with THIS

["Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>]

MList -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com wrote:


>
>"Dear Businessperson,
>
> Having shelled out $495 for a rough draft, you have helped to 
> ensure that the supplier sees no need to improve their publishing 
> standards.
> Have you asked yourself if their standards of data-gathering, 
> fact-checking, and conclusion-drawing are of similar quality 
> to the writing, editing and presentation? 

I should have been clearer in my comment earlier. It is the quality of the data-gathering, fact-checking, and conclusion-drawing that makes the need for a competent editor apparent. If it were only style, grammar, and layout, I wouldn't have raised the issue.

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