This week I've been editing a 100-page master's thesis, which a friend is writing for a British university. It's been quite a change of pace: usually I have to "Americanize" British spelling, punctuation and usage, and now I'm having to convert her American prose into British (manoeuvering, centred, defence and such).
"How do you know how to do that?" asked the Young Relative.
I explained to him that when I went to school in England, my spelling and usage were corrected relentlessly.
"Oh," he said, his eyes closing in bliss, as if he had achieved nirvana at the dinner table. "I would LOVE to see that."
No comments:
Post a Comment