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Originally Posted by Edward M. Grant
If they're not competent, an editor probably won't do them much good. You can tell them what's wrong with their story, but they're not going to be able to fix it. It might, I guess, help them avoid the same mistakes when they write the next one.
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The editor might keep them from foisting their inferior product on an unsuspecting public.
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The idea that someone really thinks Finnegan's Wake could or should have been copy edited just makes my mind boggle.
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Where did I say that?
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As for your other post, I'm afraid I don't write down the names of everyone whose blog and forum posts I read. As I said, if you really want to know the answers to your questions, read a few writers' blogs and forums.
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So I'm supposed to search for proof of YOUR claim? Sorry, no, you made the claim, you furnish the evidence.