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The STC Proposal Project (The Friendly Editor).
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Bush, Don – Technical Communication, 1993
Argues that the greatest value of technical communicators accrue not from style book editing but from "content editing." Offers suggestions for content editing. (SR)
Descriptors: Editing, Higher Education, Technical Writing, Writing Improvement
Being a Friendly "Language Cop" (The Friendly Editor).
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Bush, Don – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1994
Argues that the best approach for technical editors is to abandon the language cops' billy club, listen to what the authors want to say, and give those authors friendly expertise, without rigid prescription or blanket condemnation. (SR)
Descriptors: Editing, Editors, Grammar, Higher Education