[WikiEN-l] Horrible Grammar

[David Gerard]

Ray Saintonge wrote:

>I don't completely disagree with the idea of having grammar
>specialists.  They do need the ability to pay attention to detail, but
>also need the flexibility to understand that there is more than one way
>of doing things.  We have long recognized that British and American
>English will vary according to vocabulary and spelling, but it is also
>important to remember that this also applies to the less well understood
>domain of grammar.


We have them. They're called "editors who like copyediting" and they
roam from article to article, fixing crappy prose as they spot it ;-)

(I haven't been a paid editor in ten years ... my red-pencil finger
still twitches reliably.)


- d.