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Old 09-11-2010, 01:37 PM   #71
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Makes you wonder how either author or publisher remains in business if it's that badly written a book.

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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
I'm an American and U.K. spelling doesn't concern me. When my son was in junior high he told me his English teacher had told him the spelling, grammar, and structure weren't important. All that mattered was what he had to say. After pointing out that at his age he had nothing to say I went to see if the English teacher was actually taking that position. She was.

So, for me, British versus U.S. spelling is the least of the problems. I just read a book where balled was used when bawled was needed. Compliment for complement. All they way through the book the author seemed to intuitively pick the wrong word and on a few occasions simply went with a phonetic spelling.
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