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Last week, the writers of one such letter to the editors took issue with The Crimson's editing of their prose. Everyday on the Opinion Page, The Crimson publishes its policy on letters to the editors. "The Crimson editorial board reserves the right to edit letters for content and length," it states. However, it is the process, not the policy, of editing these letters which drew criticism...
...actually a published poet. No sniggering, now. The actor, who speaks Spanish and Danish as well as English, has a new poetry CD called One Less Thing to Worry About. He mines his day job in his verse, which is of the spare, dark, ruminating kind, as in "Edit": "The man you were/ For one short season/ Has been pruned/ Removed/ To a well-groomed graveyard/ That smells like popcorn." Although the acting gig is the breadwinner, "If I could make money on poetry," Mortensen says, "I would still act. When they work, they work on the same level...
Professors also agree that computers have made it much easier to revise and edit papers...
...change your mind and go back and edit while you're still writing," Mendelsohn notes, adding that problematic passages can be cut or corrected quickly. "In that way papers do come in better edited...
...Obviously papers are neater, cleaner and probably easier to edit," says Charles S. Maier, Krupp Foundation professor of European studies. "[But] I don't think it's [necessarily] made for higher quality prose. I don't think it's had an impact on content...