copy editing

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   putting something into a form suitable for a printer

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Questions about copy editing

What does copy editing mean?

copy editing means "putting something into a form suitable for a printer".

Is copy editing a common word?

copy editing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.