Question
Why did editors originally use a blue pencil to mark up copy?
(1 point)
Responses
A red pen would make people feel bad.
The pencil marks wouldn’t show up on photocopies of the story.
Regular pencils made a mess.
Blue is the signature color of editors.
(1 point)
Responses
A red pen would make people feel bad.
The pencil marks wouldn’t show up on photocopies of the story.
Regular pencils made a mess.
Blue is the signature color of editors.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is: **The pencil marks wouldn’t show up on photocopies of the story.**
Editors used blue pencils so that their edits would not be visible when photocopying, allowing for a cleaner final copy without the markup showing through.
Editors used blue pencils so that their edits would not be visible when photocopying, allowing for a cleaner final copy without the markup showing through.