"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:26:31 -0400, "Felice Friese"
> > wrote:

<snippity>

>>I am a retired newspaper editor and never once corrected a reporter's
>>grammar within anyone else's hearing. I spoke to them privately or posted
>>a
>>general note (usually light in tone) on the newsroom bulletin board.
>
> felice, i'm impressed. who did you edit for?
>
> your pal,
> blake

Sounds more impressive than it was, Blake! They were weekly/daily papers in
Westchester County, N.Y., one of which I owned (the one that was a
journalistic success and a financial disaster). In my dreams, of course, I
worked for the New York Times.

Felice