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Old 01-28-2015, 06:21 AM   #21625
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One SF author (I don't recall whom) told me he spent a few grand to have one of his books professionally edited and it still had some typos and other errors.
The occasional typo is pretty much inevitable; Murphy will have his say. That's a far cry from what one review I saw today called out, where a writer apparently used "revolution" when she meant "revulsion." That's what I like to call "a special kind of stupid."

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Yes, I have met many people one year younger than I who went through the same schools, who have the most atrocious non-skill at the English language. I wonder how they manage to survive...
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Yeah... me too.
I think they live off of texts and emoji.
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