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From: dveditz@dbase.A-T.COM (Dan Veditz)
Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: REC.ARTS.CINEMA -- observations and revisions
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Date: 18 Jan 90 20:04:54 GMT
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Reply-To: dveditz@dbase.A-T.com (Dan Veditz)
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Manavendra, 

I still would like to know if rejected articles will be returned or
if they just drop into a black hole.  I think this needs to be
stated explicitly.

I also would like to know if articles with *minor* grammatical or
spelling problems will be left as is, or "fixed" by you.  My strong
preference is that my words remain as I wrote them.  There is little
enough of ourselves that come through in these postings; please don't
"correct" people's personalities into oblivion. If I blew it, I'll 
take responsibility for it, and the mistake does say things about me.


thakur@eddie.MIT.EDU (Manavendra K. Thakur) writes:
>
>At a minimum, I would like articles to follow the basic grammatical
>rules of English.  (You know what I mean: every sentence should have a
>subject and predicate.  Use plural verbs for plural nouns.  Avoid
>run-on sentences.  Etc etc etc.)
>
Some people for whom English is a second language will have trouble 
with this requirement.  Are you going to take the time to instruct
them in the points they are getting wrong?  If not, and you repeatedly
reject their articles, it will be one more instance of rejection 
because of their language skills.  I think this would be cruel.

 
>Believe me, folks, I've had many of my article chopped up, hacked up,
>and spit out by hasty editors.  I *know* what it feels like to have an
>article of mine butchered by editors who don't take the time carefully
>my articles.  That is the last thing I would think of doing to someone
>who submitted an article. 
>
I've had articles chopped up by editors who *did* take the time, but
didn't know some crucial fact and so missed the point.  Again, either
post an article as-is or reject it.  I don't want an editor.

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