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When I was first informed that my responsibilities as copy editor include producing content for the online copy blog, I was slightly taken aback. I have to actually write something? I signed up to sit at a computer and correct articles, not sit at a computer and write about correcting people! Most of my reservations stemmed from the fact that my writing has never been of a didactic or a pedantic nature, and furthermore, has never before been subjected to public scrutiny. Poor grammar, spelling and punctuation bother me as much as they do the next copy editor, but I hesitate to blatantly draw attention to others’ mistakes in a public setting unless the error is unignorably egregious.
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Daily Californian]