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What is the main focus of chapter 14?
What is the main focus of chapter 14?
- Examining the principles and pitfalls of grammar (correct)
- Discussing the challenges faced by copyeditors
- Analyzing the stylistic choices of authors
- Exploring the history of grammar and usage
What is the final challenge for copyeditors according to the text?
What is the final challenge for copyeditors according to the text?
- Respecting the author's choices in stylistic preferences
- Correcting all mechanical errors
- Making sure the text is clear and unambiguous at all levels (correct)
- Ensuring consistency in the writing style
What should copyeditors distinguish between according to the text?
What should copyeditors distinguish between according to the text?
- Good and bad writing styles
- Inviolable rules and personal stylistic preferences (correct)
- Clear and ambiguous language
- Correct and incorrect manuscript formats
What does chapter 15 examine according to the text?
What does chapter 15 examine according to the text?
What is the focus of the last section of chapter 15?
What is the focus of the last section of chapter 15?
What is the main point of the text?
What is the main point of the text?
Why does the author mention the editors of DEU?
Why does the author mention the editors of DEU?
What complication arises when authors and copyeditors have different positions about correct English?
What complication arises when authors and copyeditors have different positions about correct English?
What is the downside of selective observance of grammar rules according to the text?
What is the downside of selective observance of grammar rules according to the text?
What occupational hazard do copyeditors confront almost daily according to the text?
What occupational hazard do copyeditors confront almost daily according to the text?
The experts offer conflicting analyses when it comes to resolving grammar tangles.
The experts offer conflicting analyses when it comes to resolving grammar tangles.
Some writers and editors try to honor and enforce every rule of usage.
Some writers and editors try to honor and enforce every rule of usage.
Following all the rules all the time allows for stylistic flexibility according to the text.
Following all the rules all the time allows for stylistic flexibility according to the text.
Selective observance of grammar rules does not have any downsides according to the text.
Selective observance of grammar rules does not have any downsides according to the text.
Judgment by those who invoke every rule of grammar can be perceived as permissive according to the text.
Judgment by those who invoke every rule of grammar can be perceived as permissive according to the text.
