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Originally Posted by HarryT
If I come across grammatical errors in a book I'll immediately put it to one side and read something else.
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Then you must not read very much.
I have to read a lot of professional non-fiction work for my degree in Grad school. I also do a lot of research type reading for my other writing job. My real day job (as in the one that pays the bills) requires me to keep up with industry publications, standards, and the like. This all in addition to entertainment reading I do. I come across errors at every level of writing, daily. Just yesterday for example we were researching a something and came across a sentence that said something like "these are and the facts that..."
I think is correct (and important) to say that you should put your best effort into editing, but I think it is foolish to think that only perfect works will be read and enjoyed.