Before I ever had my first copy of the AP Style Book I was working as a stringer for the Uniontown Herald-Standard. Mistakes came often in my first few submissions. It was not blatant disregard for the rules that caused these errors, but ignorance to their existence. My editor gave me a copy of the AP Style Book, and I quickly improved, but one rule continued to rear its head in my writing. It was the dreaded AP state abbreviations. When you spend your whole life working with the traditional two-letter state abbreviations it can be hard to make that switch. Now when I am working on a paper or essay done in another format I have to make sure I havent written it in AP Style. Ore. instead of OR and Wash instead of WA. Yikes
A good editor should have a sharp eye for spelling and grammatical errors. Diligence in reviewing articles for print and web articles is an important part of an editor's job. Good editing not only requires the ability to find errors in the words found on a page, but also in how the article is presented. Editors must make every effort to insure that the layout and spacing of their publication is clean and easy to follow. An article can be expertly written and a fascinating read, but if it is not presented in a way that is easy to absorb for the consumer then it may be looked over.
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