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Old 07-30-2012, 09:07 AM   #98
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Originally Posted by MikeOxlittle View Post
What about Cormac McCarthy?

He doesn't bother with much punctuation because he doesn't like ' mucking up the page with unnecessary marks. "

Does that ruin Blood Meridian, The Road, NCFOM for some of you?
There are other aspects of The Road book that are much more ruinous *for me* than the lack of punctuation. The missing punctuation is just a cherry on the top.

English is my third language, so I guess I can forgive more stuff that is not quite grammatically correct than natural speakers. Even so, *some* indie books are atrocious.

Intentional errors very much ruined my experience when I was trying to read Forrest Gump. The book was practically impossible to read for me with the command of English I had at the time. I still own part two - Gump & Co - in paper. Unread ;-)
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