On Editing

An editor’s perspective on a much-bandied word

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We all know what editing is, right? I mean, there it is, in many an application: the Edit menu. Any fool can edit.

To a professional editor, this can seem mildly vexatious at times. I guess neurosurgeons would feel the same way if every app had a ‘neurosurgery’ button; plumbers would feel a little undervalued if Word had a ‘plumbing’…