# Taste-Preserving Edit Pass

Use with [An Edit Pass That Preserves Your Taste](/articles/edit-pass-that-preserves-your-taste).

## Preserve list (Step 0)

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## Passes

- [ ] Mechanical (typos/grammar only)
- [ ] Craft (quoted weak spans + optional local alts)
- [ ] Voice defense (compare to my samples)
- [ ] Human merge in editor (chat is not the manuscript)
- [ ] Unaided cold read

## Keep / reject log

| Suggestion | Keep? | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Y/N | |
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| | Y/N | |
| | Y/N | |

## Side-by-side verdict

Unchecked smooth version vs. taste-preserving merge - which still sounds like me?

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## What this is not

- Not "make it more professional" without criteria
- Not permission to invent anecdotes for flow
- Not a replacement for disclosure when assistance was appreciable
- Not proof that smoother equals better