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[quote=Anonymous]I am an editor. My biggest pet peeve in the world is that nobody seems to realize or believe that my job requires specialized knowledge or training. People think that all you have to do is know the basic rules of grammar that everybody learns in 4th grade. Pretty much every single one of my authors thinks he/she is just as qualified as me because he/she also knows English. I get lots of MSS back with corrections to my corrections, all written in overblown pompous academic language. I have to go and change everything back. And then it's "HOW DARE YOU! I HAVE A PHD!" Guess what, buddy? So do I! [/quote]
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