Today's New York Times web site has an article on the function of the Copy Editor - the last clearance point before heading to print. I thought of the item by a sports reporter in a Philadelphia Daily News article yesterday describing the previous day's baseball game. He wrote "he through to first" describing the activity. Of course, "spellcheck" wouldn't catch this. And I guess the copy editor didn't either. If this were the Times it would never reach the light of day. Picky - picky!
tjs
http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/05/12/the-copy-desk-the-end-of-the-gauntlet-or-is-it-gantlet/?gwh=69127DBA677C1AC5E8A90139A2567B77&gwt=pay&assetType=inside_story
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