What it’s like to be a (copy) editor

Once you train yourself to spot errors, you can’t not spot them. You can’t simply shut off the careful reading when you leave the office. You notice typos in novels, missing words in other magazines, incorrect punctuation on billboards.

From What it’s Really Like to be a Copy Editor

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