tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post5651983266350578363..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: Art / Show Me the MoneyHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-29281895747673413452007-05-11T15:09:00.000+00:002007-05-11T15:09:00.000+00:00Anyway, we now see why copy-editing would be so mu...Anyway, we now see why copy-editing would be so much better done if texts were simply released in beta version online, where anyone with relevant expertise could spot bugs and draw them to the author's attention. One difficulty with the conventional system is that copy-editors tend to cherrypick the easy bits -- the bits they THINK they know are wrong because The Chicago Manual of Style or Strunk & White says they're wrong (though if copy-editors spent more time on Language Log they would throw away their CMS), skipping all the difficult bits as things they couldn't possibly be expected to know.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-33199048810109199422007-05-11T14:26:00.000+00:002007-05-11T14:26:00.000+00:00No, no, CUP is blameless, just my careless typing....No, no, CUP is blameless, just my careless typing. It is a fabulous name.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-55169851936735308332007-05-11T13:30:00.000+00:002007-05-11T13:30:00.000+00:00Sadly, Cambrige UP seems to have misspelled Csiksz...Sadly, Cambrige UP seems to have misspelled Csikszentmihalyi (one of my all-time favorite names for some reason, even though it means nothing more romantic than "Saint Michael of [the Transylvanian province of] Csík [now Romanian Ciuc]).Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.com