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[rivka]

This is the worst job of professional copyediting I have ever seen.

I understand spell-check errors. I can tolerate "silting" for "sitting," I guess, and I can rescue the meaning when "for" is substituted for "floor." I wince, but I see how it happens.

But then there are the errors that make the author look stupid. Please do not have a character adjust her "economically perfect desk chair," because you will jolt me right out of the story. And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD do not have a bunch of college-educated professionals who work with language for a living as newspaper reporters and columnists keep using the construction "suppose to."

Somewhere in the dimly-lit corners of Cornell University, a bust of William Strunk, Jr. has tears trickling down its dusty face.

Updated to add: ZOMG someone just ordered "trench fries."

Comments

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

While I can believe that as most likely intended to be "garnered" if I look at it crossways and shut one eye I could make myself believe it makes sense with "garnished" in the wage garnishment sense, pinching the awards and promotions to pay off a debt sort of thing.

[journeywoman.livejournal.com]

No, the context was about what a great employee this guy had been. It was clearly intended to be "garnered."