[Sca-cooks] OT OOP English was (Re: Drive up ATM's OT, OOP)

[Terry Decker]

I did not specify all editors, as I have met Algys Budrys and can say he has
a grasp of the language.  However, there are several authors in my circle of
friends and they speak of and tell tales about the editors that afflict
their lives.  Usually with weeping and wailing and the gnashing of teeth.

Bear


>Not ALL editors [says the editor of Hollywood News Calendar for these 15
>years].  I've learnt to reduce my verbiage to the bare minimum in order to
get
>my point across.  This practice has spoilt me for long pedantic rants and
>writing the Great American Novel;  however, I do aspire to write the Great
>American Paragraph someday.  ;-)
>
>Selene, Caid