Get It Right

While freelance copy editors are not usually hired primarily to check facts, it's useful to have a wide range of knowledge and the ability to spot errors.

It's also important to have a gentle touch when editing or rewriting writers' facts. While the writer's expression may have needed some work, the editor who introduces an error into the story has done far worse damage than if the awkward sentence had been left alone. That's why accuracy is often cited as one of the ABCs of editing (the others are brevity and clarity).

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