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> Extensive editorial feedback, patience and time.
>
> In order to get him to the point where you can use
> his work *without* a lot of editing, you are going to have
> to *do* a lot of editing and rewriting of his work and also
> explain to him why you made the editorial changes and choices
> that you made; if he's a quick learner, all the better.
>
> There are no quick fixes for this situation.
Actually, there is.
Why would someone hire a person to do professional writing if the
person doesn't even have a suitable grasp of the language?
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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