LaRoque Books

So last class we had a test for Professor Byer's class (I mean really he gave us a test?) And we had to look at the LaRoque books for the test, to be honest this was the first time I read the books. I was kind of surprised when reading them of how much I actually knew about editing and the actual purpose of editing. Normally when reading a book to study from I am looking at it for the first time I am learning new things but this was one of the first times I actually understood without reading. I question as to if this is because of what I have learned already from prior classes but what I did get out of my reading was the importance of editing. We as writers are stubborn and can make mistakes often but editors are there for us to correct these mistakes, the whole importance is for the ease of the reader and we must realize this.