English Language & Usage Asked on July 16, 2021
In charge of a workplace newsletter, I constantly receive E-mails with requests that I include notices in the next issue, but they will read like this:
"Please post an announcement for Bob’s birthday party, on Tuesday. Tell people to bring one dish, it will be a potluck."
I want to encourage people to actually send us the text that they actually want to appear in the newsletter. I end up having to rewrite their message, which can introduce errors, which they will blame on me; and often the actual message isn’t any longer than what they send me, so no extra work for them.
Is there a genuine term, probably a noun, in Journalism used to describe such "words, exactly as they will appear when in print"?
The term is copy.
copy noun 3 mass noun Matter to be printed. ‘copy for the next issue must be submitted by the beginning of the month’ -Lexico
However, if the others are not familiar with this usage, you might be better off asking for the text that they want printed. The following example comes from cakemessage.com, a custom cake message maker:
Enter cake text below
YOUR TEXT APPEARS ON THE CAKE
Correct answer by Lawrence on July 16, 2021
From comments:
"Please email me your text word-for-word." — Kate Bunting
Word for word means ‘In exactly the same or, when translated, exactly equivalent words.’ [Lexico]
You might be looking for the word verbatim; usually, the publication states that announcement will appear verbatim in the issue of the indicated date. — Jeff Zeitlin
Verbatim means ‘In exactly the same words as were used originally.’ [Lexico]
Answered by Decapitated Soul on July 16, 2021
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