Myths About Editing

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EDITING ABOUND, perhaps because most people have never worked as editors. Such inaccurate views would not be especially disturbing except for the fact that they are often held by would-be editors, beginning editors, and those who hire editors. For those people this article lays...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Technical communication (Washington) 1985-06, Vol.32 (2), p.17-20
Main Authors: Putnam, Constance E., Stephan, Peter M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authors
Copyediting
Editors
Hiring
Methods
On the job training
Practice
Proofreading
Punctuation
Technical editing
Technical writing
Training
Writing
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by
cites
container_end_page 20
container_issue 2
container_start_page 17
container_title Technical communication (Washington)
container_volume 32
creator Putnam, Constance E.
Stephan, Peter M.
description MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EDITING ABOUND, perhaps because most people have never worked as editors. Such inaccurate views would not be especially disturbing except for the fact that they are often held by would-be editors, beginning editors, and those who hire editors. For those people this article lays to rest some of the most widespread myths.
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>gale_jstor</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_gale_incontextcollege_GICCO_A3693281</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><galeid>A3693281</galeid><jstor_id>43095639</jstor_id><sourcerecordid>A3693281</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-g589-70b701e2beaee15d4ed2fa573ad59c1e15788c8a57142971b4ff2405e5186b273</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNotjs9LwzAcxYM4sG6ePAu7SyC_vk1yLGXqYLLLDt5C0n5bO2orTQT33xuY7_Lg8eG9d0MKbqWhsrQft6RgTFkqOcAduY_xzLIMg4I8vl_SZ9xWYf5J2107pGHqN2TV-THiw7-vyelld6rf6OH4uq-rA-3BWKpZ0IyjCOgRObQKW9F50NK3YBueI21MY3LClbCaB9V1QjFA4KYMQss1eb7W9n5EN0zNPCX8Tc08jtijy1P10VX5vxSGZ_rpSp9jmhf3vQxffrk4JZmFUlr5B4-DQPM</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype></control><display><type>article</type><title>Myths About Editing</title><source>JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection</source><creator>Putnam, Constance E. ; Stephan, Peter M.</creator><creatorcontrib>Putnam, Constance E. ; Stephan, Peter M.</creatorcontrib><description>MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EDITING ABOUND, perhaps because most people have never worked as editors. Such inaccurate views would not be especially disturbing except for the fact that they are often held by would-be editors, beginning editors, and those who hire editors. For those people this article lays to rest some of the most widespread myths.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0049-3155</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1938-369X</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Society for Technical Communication</publisher><subject>Authors ; Copyediting ; Editors ; Hiring ; Methods ; On the job training ; Practice ; Proofreading ; Punctuation ; Technical editing ; Technical writing ; Training ; Writing</subject><ispartof>Technical communication (Washington), 1985-06, Vol.32 (2), p.17-20</ispartof><rights>Copyright © 1985 Society for Technical Communication</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/43095639$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/43095639$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,58237,58470</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Putnam, Constance E.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Stephan, Peter M.</creatorcontrib><title>Myths About Editing</title><title>Technical communication (Washington)</title><addtitle>Technical Communication</addtitle><description>MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EDITING ABOUND, perhaps because most people have never worked as editors. Such inaccurate views would not be especially disturbing except for the fact that they are often held by would-be editors, beginning editors, and those who hire editors. For those people this article lays to rest some of the most widespread myths.</description><subject>Authors</subject><subject>Copyediting</subject><subject>Editors</subject><subject>Hiring</subject><subject>Methods</subject><subject>On the job training</subject><subject>Practice</subject><subject>Proofreading</subject><subject>Punctuation</subject><subject>Technical editing</subject><subject>Technical writing</subject><subject>Training</subject><subject>Writing</subject><issn>0049-3155</issn><issn>1938-369X</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>1985</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid/><recordid>eNotjs9LwzAcxYM4sG6ePAu7SyC_vk1yLGXqYLLLDt5C0n5bO2orTQT33xuY7_Lg8eG9d0MKbqWhsrQft6RgTFkqOcAduY_xzLIMg4I8vl_SZ9xWYf5J2107pGHqN2TV-THiw7-vyelld6rf6OH4uq-rA-3BWKpZ0IyjCOgRObQKW9F50NK3YBueI21MY3LClbCaB9V1QjFA4KYMQss1eb7W9n5EN0zNPCX8Tc08jtijy1P10VX5vxSGZ_rpSp9jmhf3vQxffrk4JZmFUlr5B4-DQPM</recordid><startdate>19850601</startdate><enddate>19850601</enddate><creator>Putnam, Constance E.</creator><creator>Stephan, Peter M.</creator><general>Society for Technical Communication</general><scope/></search><sort><creationdate>19850601</creationdate><title>Myths About Editing</title><author>Putnam, Constance E. ; Stephan, Peter M.</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-g589-70b701e2beaee15d4ed2fa573ad59c1e15788c8a57142971b4ff2405e5186b273</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>1985</creationdate><topic>Authors</topic><topic>Copyediting</topic><topic>Editors</topic><topic>Hiring</topic><topic>Methods</topic><topic>On the job training</topic><topic>Practice</topic><topic>Proofreading</topic><topic>Punctuation</topic><topic>Technical editing</topic><topic>Technical writing</topic><topic>Training</topic><topic>Writing</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Putnam, Constance E.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Stephan, Peter M.</creatorcontrib><jtitle>Technical communication (Washington)</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Putnam, Constance E.</au><au>Stephan, Peter M.</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Myths About Editing</atitle><jtitle>Technical communication (Washington)</jtitle><addtitle>Technical Communication</addtitle><date>1985-06-01</date><risdate>1985</risdate><volume>32</volume><issue>2</issue><spage>17</spage><epage>20</epage><pages>17-20</pages><issn>0049-3155</issn><eissn>1938-369X</eissn><abstract>MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EDITING ABOUND, perhaps because most people have never worked as editors. Such inaccurate views would not be especially disturbing except for the fact that they are often held by would-be editors, beginning editors, and those who hire editors. For those people this article lays to rest some of the most widespread myths.</abstract><pub>Society for Technical Communication</pub><tpages>4</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0049-3155
ispartof Technical communication (Washington), 1985-06, Vol.32 (2), p.17-20
issn 0049-3155
1938-369X
language eng
recordid cdi_gale_incontextcollege_GICCO_A3693281
source JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection
subjects Authors
Copyediting
Editors
Hiring
Methods
On the job training
Practice
Proofreading
Punctuation
Technical editing
Technical writing
Training
Writing
title Myths About Editing
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-10T23%3A15%3A40IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-gale_jstor&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Myths%20About%20Editing&rft.jtitle=Technical%20communication%20(Washington)&rft.au=Putnam,%20Constance%20E.&rft.date=1985-06-01&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=17&rft.epage=20&rft.pages=17-20&rft.issn=0049-3155&rft.eissn=1938-369X&rft_id=info:doi/&rft_dat=%3Cgale_jstor%3EA3693281%3C/gale_jstor%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-g589-70b701e2beaee15d4ed2fa573ad59c1e15788c8a57142971b4ff2405e5186b273%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_galeid=A3693281&rft_jstor_id=43095639&rfr_iscdi=true