rivka: (books)
rivka ([personal profile] rivka) wrote2010-10-04 08:43 am

The case for genre-specific copy-editors:

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies aside, in a Regency novel, the relatives of a recently deceased English peer should not generally be concerned about an entrail.

HTH.

[identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com 2010-10-04 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Much like the copy-editor, indeed. Regency is a genre with a mind-bogglingly large specific technical vocabulary, most of it used to describe clothing. It's kind of unfair to bring a non-expert into it.