@jjk3995 wrote:
An editor on the other hand, can be done by a computer program.
Sorry to disagree, but that's totally not true. A good copy editor is worth his or her weight in gold, if not more. Especially since many copywriters, including professional ones, don't know proper grammar and sentence construction.
What
would help would be if MSC editors were also professional editors. But, I don't think many are, out of necessity, because they have other things they're checking for, not just writing. But, in that case, MSCs need to specify their writing guidelines. Preferably per some specific style guide ("Use AP style." [or Chicago or APA, or whatever]). That would eliminate a lot of ambiguity; the problem of editors marking things wrong that are right; shoppers not knowing, for example, that they should use P.M. and A.M. instead of p.m. and a.m. (which is a matter of style) and getting dinged for it; etc.
One MSC I shop for does an excellent job of giving fairly complete instructions on style and grammar. They don't use a specific style guide, but they do give you guidance on some of the things that are usually a matter of choice or style. More MSCs should do this, I think, instead of just saying, "Use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation."
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.