Thread: Why don't people use professional copy editors?
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Old 10-24-2010, 10:24 AM   #112
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I'm sorry to disagree, but no matter how much you may like to "mush up" language, putting an apostrophe on the word "others" as you've done in this post is just plain wrong, and seeing that in a book would instantly make me think "this author can't write", no matter how good the story is.
What about Jane Austen?

She was practically illiterate.
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