In the old, tweedy days of publishing, when editors tended to remain at houses for years, their authors happily stayed put.
As such, most modern editors tend to follow Sampson's example, and use the original 1783 publication as their control text.
The editors of Skiing for Women tend to agree.
Similarly, professional writers and editors tend to turn a jaundiced eye toward grammar checking.
The editor of this particularly rarefied newsroom tends to walk about a lot, which is not exactly a big New Yorker tradition.
With thousands of favorable images to choose from, editors and publishers tend to play it safe.
'There weren't a lot of women being published, and male editors tended to be pretty disdainful.'
His editors tended to reflect that world and its conservative politics.
Rather than use any particular revision, later editors tended to pick and choose from the several versions available.
"It's very intra-industry for the most part, and I think editors often tend to forget that."