tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post5386695862877515018..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Copy Edit du JourJune Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-71092347609378022832010-09-08T08:28:28.512-07:002010-09-08T08:28:28.512-07:00Dragon: Actually, the article wasn't about eye...Dragon: Actually, the article wasn't about eyeglass frames. It was about something a little less likely to fill a catalog page. (Think: tiaras and wedding garters.) But your point still stands because the writer was trying to make a "wow" out of something not so wow.<br /><br /><br />Nrund: Good catch. That must've happened when I was rewriting it. (I always worry what the bosses would say if they found out I was "publishing" their content before it even comes out in the pub I'm publishing -- not to mention the critical stuff.)June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-44009421252517951692010-09-08T08:03:52.124-07:002010-09-08T08:03:52.124-07:00Hmmm, before deciding to go with that last one you...Hmmm, before deciding to go with that last one you'll need to correct the back to back usage of the word 'the' ("...the the Sears...") in the following sentence; "Fashion eyeglass frames became so popular that by the late 1920s the the Sears catalogue dedicated an entire page to them."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666270382829053255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-49501526554786780482010-09-07T16:23:01.845-07:002010-09-07T16:23:01.845-07:00I'd also like to point out to the writer that ...I'd also like to point out to the writer that nobody in the history of the world has ever said, "<i>Wow! A </i>catalogue<i> once dedicated an entire </i>page<i> to them. That's amazing!</i>".<br /><br />I mean, when I think of a catalogue, I think of something with a page or more each for all sorts of things, most of them not particularly popular, simply available.<br /><br />A lot depends on how much their target audience knows about the Sears catalogue, I suppose.Adrian Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469026342375625260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-67317643678420991092010-09-07T10:33:31.274-07:002010-09-07T10:33:31.274-07:00Right. In the larger context, it was clear that th...Right. In the larger context, it was clear that there was no focus on geography. The writer was trying to say that it grew in popularity but never found the right words.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-48070479657268306102010-09-06T22:38:46.486-07:002010-09-06T22:38:46.486-07:00I'd expect talk of popularity spreading to mea...I'd expect talk of popularity spreading to mean that the geographical region within which something is popular grows larger, but there's nothing in the quoted sentence about geographical regions...Adrian Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469026342375625260noreply@blogger.com