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An editor is a person whose job is to read and correct pieces of writing. Before a book is published, an editor makes sure the writing in it is correct.
The editors worked hard to find any grammar or spelling errors in the author's new book. |
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An editor is a person who manages the different pieces of writing in a magazine or newspaper, or manages a collection of different writings in a book.
The editor decides which news stories go on the front page of the newspaper.The book's editor was waiting for one last writer to send in their chapter. |
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An editor is someone who works in the movies and makes decisions about things like how long each scene of a movie will be, what order scenes will be in, and what scenes or pieces of film will stay or be cut out of the final film. An editor also makes decisions about the sound for the film. Editors often work together with a film's director to make these decisions.
The editor had to decide whether to keep this scene in the movie or to cut it to save time. |
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critic |
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