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Today was a funny day at work. One of the writers asked the editor a very basic grammar question. I don't remember what the question was but it caused the editor to walk away from the writer's cube appearing somewhat perplexed. The editor returned to his cube and the writer asked him if something was wrong. The editor replied with;

"turn in your Strunk & White Elements of Style, turn in your badge, go home and take your crayons with you..."

The sorrounding cubes exploded in laughter. We understood that the editor was joking but his quip was motivated by having to answer a question that no writer should ask (I don't remember what it was...). I suppose that it is akin to a mechanic asking an engineer if tightening a nut is righty-tighty or lefty-loosey.

The writer Googled his answer and stayed quite the rest of the day.