The article discusses the author's experience when she became a copy editor of "The News-Sentinel" in Fort Wayne, Indiana. According to the author, there is no unclear topics, time for debate, and exceptions, in a newspaper copy desk. She has refused to debate the role of commas in independent and dependent clauses. She shares that being an editor restrain friends and possible dates because people knew that she will scrutinize every email or conversation on the proper usage of words.