Train your brain: Red editing pen
Each month, we give you a few sentences which would all benefit from some careful use of your red editing pen. As writers, and regular readers of Writing Magazine, you should not find any of these too difficult. But if you would welcome a little help, you can always check out Richard Bell’s suggested solutions below.
Here are this month’s sentences:
1 In the first instant, he thought the book, that was now in its third edition, was still selling well irrespective of its age.
2 Did the manuscript have more than rather minimal potential? wondered the editor. When all was said and done, it covered ground that had already been well explored.