Yes, I finally did notice that I had the book and the author wrong in the last post. Guess it shows that most of you who read this just don’t want to comment on it. We get 60 or so hits a week, but few comments (and most of those due to Katrina :). Or maybe most people just don’t think editing is that important.

Well, grammar cost one company a lot of money recently. I just read an article today called “The Comma That Costs 1 Million Dollars (Canadian)” in the New Your Times. Basically, a misplaced comma in the English version of a contract between cable companies gave made one company lose their lawsuit.

In Waco, I worked as an instructional designer for a health company. I was part of a small division of the company, where everyone had to jump in to everything. So, we had to edit our own material. That was always a grueling process for me, because I really didn’t see the importance of being paranoid about dangling participles and comma placement.

I now humbly repent of my arrogance and will take editing seriously.

(oh, and I already fixed the problems in the last post 🙂