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In my spare time, I volunteer as a "validator" for a website which publishes Harry Potter fanfiction, and the level of errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation was so heinous that I resorted to writing a "Weekly Tips" column to try to encourage some of these (very) young writers to pay attention to important details such as homonym/homophone errors, appropriate use of commas and semicolons, dialogue punctuation, etc. The response has been stunning; a large part of the fic-writing population has apparently had only the most minimal exposure to learning that we old folks used to consider essential. Now, if they'd only actually apply the lessons I so diligently write! (Fat chance.)
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