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Originally Posted by iain6566
I would submit these small masterpieces to writing forums for comment and constructive criticism. It was an eye opener on what people consider valid critique of a work. 90% of the reviewers would pick up on the missing apostrophe (I think you meant army's instead of armies, ho ho ho,) but very few would comment on the actual content.
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So the lesson should be: Proofreading and copy editing is important. Mistakes like that distract from content.
Did you ask people to ignore early-draft errors like that and to focus on content instead?