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Originally Posted by Piper_
This sounds likely. It would explain why her "ear" for language is off key.
Her spelling and usage is off too, though. "Anyways" "your/you're" etc... Maybe she has some sort of learning disability.
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I think that's a matter of informal language use and lack of writing skills. Punctuation and spelling are irrelevant to spoken communication, and anyone who's not working in academia or a communications-focused business field has no need to focus on those after high school.
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I hate to see anyone dogpiled, but yeesh. She had so many opportunities to make lemonade, but chose to spit instead, and afaik, hasn't apologized, retracted, or anything.
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Yes, this. Had she been willing to take any criticism at all, or even acknowledge that the book might've been improved by an editor, I think the dogpiling would've stopped much sooner.
I'm tempted to submit the first few sample chapters to one of the automatic grammar-check sites like
Paper Rater just to see what it says.