jheem>> I make my living trying to write lucidly about technical subjects for a technical audience

When I was in charge of some curriculum development for a UNIX, C, & C++ course, I caught a typo by the UNIX curriculum writer... "In order to [whatever], you mearly halfto [whatever]"

Good Lord, if I didn't pitch a High Holy FIT over that one, and I don't mind telling you I was totally justified. How much credibility does the writer, the editor, the publisher, or anyone else in the chain of development retain if something like that is thrown to an academic audience? <*SIGH*> Sheesh!

And I caught it after it had been through one rewrite and crossed the "editor's" desk twice. I spent many subsequent hours with my new best friend, the fine-toothed comb...