Tuesday, April 07, 2015

30 Copy Editors Tell Us Their Pet Peeves

30 Copy Editors Tell Us Their Pet Peeves

4 comments:

Max Allan Collins said...

My pet peeve is any 30 copy editors.

Copy editors have been the bane of my writing existence, appointing themselves unwanted co-authors. I appreciate their keen eyes, but abhor their tin ears.

mybillcrider said...

You and I are in total agreement on this one. My favorite copyeditor comment: "Would anyone really say this?" My answer: "In Texas we say it all the time."

Karin said...

Some people need copy editors more than others--a lot more. Some copy editors are better than others. (Case in point, the prove-you're-not-a-robot test I just had: "Select all hamburger below.")

mybillcrider said...

My favorite story from my own experience is the copyeditor who changed all instances of "adobe" walls in a western to "abode" walls.