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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
scrapking,
I am not sure this is the case (and it doesn't necessarily excuse the bad editing), but some of the stylistic issues might have been the deliberate choice of the author to highlight that Katniss really is from a different culture that we know, and that she is not particularly well educated by our standards.
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That's an intriquing theory, and worthy of some discussion and consideration, at least as far as the writing style goes. But as you say, nothing excuses bad editing.