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Originally Posted by Catlady
No, I am not. However, building blocks are building blocks, no matter what they're used to construct.
And I did not claim they did. But whether one has properly used its or it's, for example, can be determined objectively.
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But what point are you trying to make by bringing up the objective determination of correct spelling and grammar in the context of authorship?
I mean, if only error-free books (in terms of spelling, grammar, and punctuation) were published, what would be different (besides libraries being vastly smaller)? We could still have some number of error-free books by traditional publishers, vanity publishers, and self-publishers. And, we could still have no guarantee that any given error-free book was worth reading. And, we could still be sitting here reading a thread entitled "Just because you have written an error-free book does not make you an author" for that matter.
