Monday, September 3, 2007
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Years ago, copy editors worked at large U-shaped tables. The chief editor's desk, in the opening of the "U," was "the slot." Copy went from rim editors to a slot editor for a final read. Rimmers proudly called themselves rimrats.
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That makes me sad!
I've seriously thought about taking one class period where I give everyone in class a red pen and we set out into the world and just correct things for an hour or so.
Yes, THAT would be fun!! We tell them it's a class project and we have to do it for credit. Oh, the inaccurate apostrophes that would fal to our red pens! The misplaced modifiers...the incorrect word usage and rampant misspellings...the possibilities are endless...
: )
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