Thursday, February 8, 2007

Two Favorite Editing Lines from Today

I've been editing more horrible articles from a third-party magazine--and trying to finish them as fast as humanly possible. Said horrible articles contain things like this:

Example 1: "A is the wife of K, president of the company, and mother of four."

Doesn't it sound like the president is the wife? Heh.

Example 2: (As a Heading) Spa Get Away

What is this? The author is condemning spas? Apparently not as the article is promoting numerous spa benefits (but not the expense). Seriously though, it sounds like the author could be yelling, "Spa! Get Away! Get thee hence! Ahh!!!"

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