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Originally posted by greymule
Would anyone agree to serve on the board of contributing editors? With the combined brainpower and experience of this board, we could produce a masterpiece.
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As an engineer, I had the unique (or at least rare) situation of having my freshman English professor try to talk me into changing majors to English. The use of language has always been a side interest of mine, and I have written more than a few technical documents, including a few instruction manuals.
However, I can't imagine we would get the official assignment from ASA to do this, so I fear it would be a big waste of time.
Mike, I'm not talking about verbosity or grammar or dangling participles or the correct use of who vs whom. I'm talking about unclear wording, seeming contradictions, and just plain mysterious wording. The ASA book is NOT rife with these, but it could benefit from some professional clean-up. However, it would need to be done by someone who already understands what the rule / POE means, or things could get really hosed.