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The hardest edit is the one you decide not to make

  • Post author:Divya Jyoti Munjal
  • Post published:July 20, 2026
  • Post category:Copyediting
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Not every sentence that can be edited should be edited. Discover why experienced copy editors sometimes choose to leave a sentence exactly as it is and how editorial judgment is measured by the quality of decisions rather than the number of tracked changes

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