Author characteristics

Definition

This set of characteristics covers writer attributes that are relevant to the writing task, which influence the unproofed text that is produced.

Notes

We cannot assume that the writer has exactly the goals of the end-user (or reviser) in terms of the proofed text. For example, a text originating with an American writer intended for a USA audience has to be revised when British English is the target. Thus, the definition of relevant idiosyncratic intentional error sources is dependent on what the actual final readership is; there may be many other idiosyncratic error sources that are not relevant to the actual task target (EAGLES-96).