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Another one I’m putting in my cube!!! SO TRUE!
We have SMEs review stuff and they give us back style/wording/grammar suggestions. No, guys, your job is the SUBJECT MATTER. Focus there first!
Random aside, split infinitives aren’t considered “bad” in modern English, unless you’re being extremely nitpicky and formal. Emphasis on extreme. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive#Current_views
Dauthi, exactly. I also used the split infinitives example for exactly that reason (it’s a pedant’s pursuit). Personally, I hate them and then knowingly (and possibly unknowingly) use them when it suits me.
I find them to be rhetorically superior most of the time. Rewording the entire sentence could probably achieve the same goal, but “time is money, friend.” And split infinitives are one of the cheapest options. ^_^
Conversely, you should never waste reviewers’ time by submitting work that has poor grammar or numerous typos.
Excellent point. I think there’s another comic in that.
When I review something (as an SME), I need to feel that the document leaves me in a good state. So you’ll keep getting my grammar and wording corrections as well as the subject matter corrections. Like it or find someone else to fix your work for you.
Catherine, I’m on the editing side of things, so I have no problem with anyone sharing editorial feedback. It’s just immensely frustrating when you know there are content issues (or worse yet, you ask specific questions about content) that were ignored in favor of such illuminating comments as “I think ‘cooperate’ works better than ‘collaborate’ here.”
Catherine, I completely understand your level of discomfort when there’s a document that reads like it was drafted in crayon and it’s being presented as having been “reviewed by you” (I’m making a mental note to make this another comic). Also, there is the issue of trying to review the content when you’re struggling to read the sentences (maybe another comic?). The people I was really having a dig at here are those that almost ignore the content/data issues and exclusively give feedback on document structure, formatting, preferred synonyms and punctuation when their role is SME, not chief editor.
Are you saying it’s wrong to correct the grocers’ apostrophe in “apple’s 59 cents” at the supermarket? Doesn’t everyone carry a felt-tip pen just in case? There’s always an error to correct somewhere.
A sign reading “apple’s 59 cents” could be correct, if he only has one apple.
I’m generally fairly forgiving of handwritten signs and I’ll generally only point out any errors if they’re monstrous (or misleading). I have stopped short of taking a pen with me.