Small oops

Minor edit: This is part of a sentence from a press release -- ... take over the reigns as crew chief... That ought to be reins, not reigns.

Another edit: Here's part of a story found online -- ... whom Washington drafted in the sixth-round out of Penn State. You don't need the hyphen unless you say he was a sixth-round draft pick. Otherwise, sixth round will do.

Bothers me: Here's a sentence just found online -- It's unclear if compensation would be owed to the Pittsburgh Steelers should Cowher took a job with another team.

I'd change it this way:

It's unclear if compensation would be owed to the Pittsburgh Steelers if Cowher takes a job with another team.

More later.

More SpeedEditor blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries on The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!