David Chart wrote:
> Warning: 'stet' is Latin for 'let it stand', and is what you write in
> the margin to over-ride a copy editor's changes. 'To stet' is thus a bit
> of a bastard hybrid, and therefore ideally suited to English.

Thanks, I actually looked it up -- I guess I could have provided a
definition ;-)

> Actually, the annotations get left in as well, which is even worse.
> There's a net legend about comments on a contract clause saying
> something like "This will really screw them over. Can we get away with
> it? -- Bob. Yeah, they'll never notice. -- Edmund Blackadder. What a
> cunning plan. -- Baldric."

Ah, those stories.  Yes, I've been bit.  Nothing really negative but
somewhat embarrassing -- I submitted a spec in Word to someone who
converted it to WordPerfect (IIRC -- this 5 to 6 years ago) -- all the
hidden text was displayed plain as day -- which was usually my
annotation as to why something was in the spec, but it made it very
verbose and confusing (and there were a few embarrassing parts).

Randy Kramer

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