>The process of being a technical editor involves more than proper use of grammar. Being a technical editor can be a challenging task. Tracy and I have some experience in editing a technical document written by someone not born in an English speaking country. One problem I ran into was attempting to understand how to properly explain what had been accomplished. Use of an improper term, word or concept would give a different meaning to what was being discussed.
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>Another problem was we had “too many editors” and “no source control”. Some one would make a correction but it was too easy to loose track of “which version was being corrected”. It was an interesting experience though.
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>Your comment about deadlines is well taken. All that being said, it would be nice if someone could “go over” each issue, to catch "major grammar issues". Being a critic is not always an enviable position. At the same time you concern yourself with having the best looking professional document. There are always tradeoffs in life. :)
You understand the situation perfectly.