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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:09 PM Original message |
Christ, are ther NO book editors anymore? I just started reading a book, and |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. HEY! |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. A kind of similar compliant. I was in two independent bookstores, both |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yeah.. but could they spell *complaint*?? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. LOL |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. On This Note |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. It depends on the author I think! |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. If you're going to waste a bunch of money on editors |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, is your post line a test? |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. LOL |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Oh, damn, did I embarrass myself enough? Here I am, bitching about |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. You were just testing the Lounge, right? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nah, I'll make no excuses. But thanks for your support. Hey, that snow is for real |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I think down where you guys it was |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. *snicker* |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I hadn't really though about it, but you're right. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. To be fair, it isn't quite new... |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. looks like a spell-check thing |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I also assume that is the reason for the explosion of that type of carelessness |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. As with 'research and development', 'quality control' costs too much. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. You're not the only one to notice this, no |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Agreed, and not just with spelling. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. I see it all the time too. One's a noun, one's a verb....nt |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. I just noticed a couple of errors in James Ellroy's "Blood's A Rover." |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's been happening with books from reputable publishing houses for at least... |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. i got a nationwide upscale gift catalog with a big banner on the front |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. The most grammar mistakes I've witnessed are using THEN and THAN incorrectly.... |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
26. I need a job. MS in journalsim Why don't they hire me to edit? |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. Stephen King's fault |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. Alas, editors are an extinct species. |
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