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    LAST TYPO STANDING

    Feb 29, 2020 4 minutes
    BY JONI B. COLE

    Dear Typo,

    You win. You always win.

    No matter what we writers do; no matter how many times we scrutinize our final drafts, you always manage to sneak into the published version of our books, essays, articles, emails…You even managed to weasel (or is it wheedle?!) your way into a cover letter I once sent, applying for a position as a copy editor. Oh, the irony! (Or is that the wrong use of the word?!)

    I have to give you credit. Most publishers employ (yes, employ, not employee! Stop messing with my head!) not one but two lines of defense to prevent you is to smoke you out of our typeset manuscripts before they are released to the printer.

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