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Just last week, I removed the descriptor "beatnik-hippie" from a line about Ken Kesey to solve a copyfitting issue. When I got the space back due to another cut, I added back "beatnik-hippy" instead. And of course spellcheck didn't flag it, because that's an approved alternate spelling... but not for our publication. Nobody caught it until the matchprint stage.
Commented Mar 29, 2013 on Copyeditor Confessions: Me First at The Subversive Copy Editor Blog
Copyeditor Confessions: Me First
Photo: psyberartist Here in Chicago we have to work at celebrating the advent of spring. Even typing in my subzero office is challenging—thank god for fingerless gloves. So my idea is this: in the spirit of spring cleaning, since there’s no way I’m throwing my mattresses out in the snow, let’...
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