Does an editor correct grammatical mistakes in a manuscript selected for publication?

Question

If a submitted manuscript consist of grammatical errors but on the whole is a very good piece of fictional literature ,do editors polish it ?

Answer 1

yes... but ideally, you should be able to write in basic grammar... which is not how you asked your question...

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If a submitted manuscript consist of grammatical errors but on the whole is a very good piece of fictional literature ,do editors polish it ?

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If a submitted manuscript contained some grammatical errors, but on the whole it was a very good piece of fiction, do editors polish it ?

Answer 2

That is what editors do, yes. But if there are very many grammatical errors, the manuscript won't get selected for publication in the first place. The point is, an author should know how to write---and that means good grammar.

Answer 3

Hate to break it to you, but in the real publishing world of 2007, editors are really not editors anymore, in the most traditional sense of the word. Their job is to acquire works for publication. Will they work with an author on editing? Yes. But that manuscript better be cleaned up grammatically before it ever hits his or her desk if it's going to stand a chance.

More realistically, it better be cleaned up before it hits an agent's desk. If you're hoping for publication with anyone mid-level or above in the publishing industry, an agent can get your manuscripts into publishing houses that you as an individual can not.

Answer 4

Yes, but editors don't want to waste time correcting grammatical mistakes. Have someone proofread before the editor looks at the story. Editors are usually shy, highly wound stressed out people. Anything that could get on their nerves will. And they will make your life hell unless of course you're a real talent.

Answer 5

of course thats why they are called editors. They wont pay the writing as much for bad writing. A complete work gets the best pay. A draft gets less, but the more something neads polishing up, the less they'll pay.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Not unless you are famous or it is of some literary merit, otherwise they throw it out. Don't send anything but a final draft to an editor.

Answer 8

Yes, they have people that work for them that all they do is proofread and correct spelling, grammar, content, etc.

Answer 9

i believe they do unless thay consist of "invented" words by the author (personnal style) or they are made on purpose