tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post2535157924558428385..comments2023-04-07T02:47:51.081-10:00Comments on Edit Hawai‘i: HyphensPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04525687436544097069noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post-87104437218677052362007-01-17T06:31:00.000-10:002007-01-17T06:31:00.000-10:00The instructions you are getting at this point are...The instructions you are getting at this point are designed to help you learn the ideal form of copyediting. Just as you were taught to form your letters a certain way in kindergarten, you are being taught to form your editing marks a certain way. If you become employed as a copyeditor, you will continue to use the ideal forms for most of your marks. How you make the remaining marks will depend, in part, on such factors as house style (the style of the publishing house employing you) and your relationship with the typesetter (whether or not it is someone you have frequent contact with).<br /><br />It's more important to know when a hyphen should be retained than when it should be deleted. As you've pointed out, most typesetters will know that most hyphens are to be deleted; i.e., most hyphens are inserted by word-processing programs and are not the result of style or orthography decisions.<br /><br />In class, we'll talk about (d)em hyphens some more :)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525687436544097069noreply@blogger.com