Dev edits first, then copy edits, and finally proofreading.

Apr 5, 2020
11:16:50am

ReyOso Intervention Needed

Ideally, you have different editors for each step of the process. I prefer the Chicago Manual of Style rather than the AP Stylebook to settle questions of grammar and usage, but either is acceptable.

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PSA — I'm amazed how many CBers don't know when to use THAN vs. THEN

Hinta

4/5/20 10:52am

I support you, fellow Grammar Nazi. Proper Grammar is all that keeps society

SandYFan

4/5/20 10:54am

more annoying than those errors maybe made in their haste, is the attitude of

relic

4/5/20 11:04am

It's not an issue of grammar, but rather an issue of vocabulary.

Belboz

4/5/20 11:05am

I can’t tell if this is TIC, irregardless, I agree. 😉

The Pope

4/5/20 1:12pm

There not that educated to go their.

WJCougar

4/5/20 10:54am

Just wait until you start noticing the misuses between "less" and "fewer".

swingcat

4/5/20 10:55am

Let's not talk about apostrophes and plurals.

vagabonder

4/5/20 10:56am

You mean your Christmas cards from the Smith’s?

webster242

4/5/20 10:59am

Our minds thought the same thing.

Jeff75

4/5/20 11:04am

Christmas cards make me smile.

Jeff75

4/5/20 11:03am

Posts on CB often don't go through the full editorial process.

ReyOso

4/5/20 10:57am

really? Yeah, probably a large part..

relic

4/5/20 11:13am

Dev edits first, then copy edits, and finally proofreading.

ReyOso

4/5/20 11:16am

what every cougarboard post requires henceforth

relic

4/5/20 11:50am

So what than?

Cougarclaw

4/5/20 10:58am

<< Deleted >>

303coug

4/5/20 10:59am

To many too count. Bugs me two.

303coug

4/5/20 11:05am

Language is fluid - if we misuse it enough than it'll become "correct"

Ryan M

4/5/20 11:13am

RE: Language is fluid - if we misuse it enough than it'll become "correct"

svenot

4/5/20 11:33am

Case in point: The difference between ‘Couldn’t care less’ and ‘could care less’

m0resn0w

4/6/20 6:01am

Sometimes mistakes are made in the rush to type and post.

Benfica1

4/5/20 12:20pm

You think your better then me?

tony

4/5/20 12:34pm

Help me, oh thou wise one, to know the difference between affect and effect.

Blue Print

4/5/20 12:47pm

Vane

webster242

4/5/20 12:49pm

Buht, it's so easy to typo one letter.

JmThms

4/5/20 1:03pm

Well maybe we’ll just have to argue about it than! I think my way is better then

puntersarepeople

4/5/20 1:58pm

Preach it, brother! - Signed: A Fellow Member of the Spelling Bee Police.

BleedCougarBlue2

4/5/20 7:43pm

I think they are simular

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