Typos in books (1)
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Jan 18, 2011
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One of my unintentional talents involves effortlessly finding fault in others. Mostly that takes the form of being able to find at least ten mistakes in an average book, sometimes grammar, sometimes spelling. The thing that doesn't make sense to me is this: Don't writers, or editors, or publishers, or any of the other people involved in the process of producing a book use spell check? I can understand the presence of grammatical errors; machines can't catch them and you'd need several sets of eyes in order to find any mistakes. But spelling mistakes are incredibly easy to catch, ever since the advent of the 20-year-old technology of spell check. Please, book people, click on that little button with the "a-b-c" and a "check" symbol. #entertainment
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Comments:
2011-01-22 16:11:50
Hi Dave. I can tell we're cut from the same cloth. This proofreading thing is with me always. We were getting ready to send out report cards for the first marking period and I found 8 mistakes in the body of the report cards. My principal was shocked and we had to reprint every single one of the stinking things. I also proof her monthly newsletter because I found about 5-10 mistakes monthly just in her letter to the parents. Makes you wonder.
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