Want to be an editor? Copy that.

So, you think you're a writer? But are you a good copy editor? Luckily, there's a test for that.  The New York Times'* standards editor, Philip B. Corbett, invites readers to correct grammatical errors in a series called Copy Edit This! Quizz.

According to Corbett, the Times publishes 125,000 or more words a day at 'blinding speed'. So catching the occasional 'faux-pas' in an article is not as easy as it looks. But hey, why take his, or my word, for it. Give the quizz a try for yourself. 

Words matter. So do copy edits. The better the edits. The better the writer.  

* Note: To form the possessive for nouns ending in s, you can either add an apostrophe +s or just an apostrophe after the s. I prefer the latter.