Each month, we give you a few sentences which would all benefi t from some careful use of your red editing pen. As writers, and regular readers of Writing Magazine, you should not fi nd any of these too diffi cult. But if you would welcome a little help, you can always check out Richard Bell’s suggested solutions below.
Here are this month’s examples:
1 Clive paid a generous complement to his editor when he apologised for presenting her with such a torturous manuscript on a badly worn hard disc.