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Re: Proofreading your own material

Subject: Re: Proofreading your own material
From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:00:10 -0800

If you have an editor, no. I haven't had access to one in the past 12 years or so.

And reviewers don't generally proof your copy beyond technical content. At least mine haven't.

Gene Kim-Eng


On 2/14/2015 12:41 PM, Tony Chung wrote:

And is it really that terrible to proofread your material before you send it to an editor or reviewer?

-Tony

On Saturday, February 14, 2015, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com <mailto:techwr -at- genek -dot- com>> wrote:

Offhand, I'd guess a lot of tech writers are proofreading their
own material because they don't have anyone else available to do it.



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