Re: Editors and writers; was: Re: job title nomenclature on biz cards

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

written_by -at- juno -dot- com wrote:
>> One of my former companies produced systems that
>> processed the glass substrates
>> for LCD displays.  Our system preheated the glass to 400 degrees C.
>> On one occaision, a writer accidentally typoed a functional
>> description
> to say >"4000 C."   Our technical editor returned the draft with the
> comment, >"Wouldn't 4000 C melt the  glass?"
>
> It seems to me that the writer should have proofread the document
> before
> the editor got a hold of it. Or am I wrong?
>


You're right, but when you go over your own work a number of times, it's
just impossible to spot errors like that. That's the underlying argument
for every documentation group to have a technical editor.

--
Bonnie Granat
www.GranatEdit.com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Mobile: 617-319-7461
Office: 617-354-7084



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