Language Editing: Grammar and Stylistic Issues
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Matters pertaining to organization and expository style</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the last section of chapter 15?

    <p>Legal topics concerning copyeditors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main point of the text?

    <p>There are many disputes and conflicting analyses regarding grammar and usage rules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does the author mention the editors of DEU?

    <p>To provide an example of disputed English usage problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What complication arises when authors and copyeditors have different positions about correct English?

    <p>They sometimes impose rules on others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the downside of selective observance of grammar rules according to the text?

    <p>It deprives writers of stylistic flexibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occupational hazard do copyeditors confront almost daily according to the text?

    <p>'Damned if you revise, damned if you don't' episodes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The experts offer conflicting analyses when it comes to resolving grammar tangles.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Some writers and editors try to honor and enforce every rule of usage.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Following all the rules all the time allows for stylistic flexibility according to the text.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Selective observance of grammar rules does not have any downsides according to the text.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Judgment by those who invoke every rule of grammar can be perceived as permissive according to the text.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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