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Originally Posted by Froide
I wonder: will Amazon post some sort of "exception" message for works [...] who either use grammar/mechanics/spelling idiosyncratically or frequently write in dialects?
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No matter who you are or what your name is, I think that writing in dialect should never be acceptable unless it is in dialogue. Same with bad grammar outside of dialogue - it doesn't add to the story, but simply shows that the writer/editor don't know what they are doing. For me it is just as effective to tell me about it even for dialogue since accents, for example, cannot be distinguished by horribly misspelling. US vs brit spelling? Keep it consistent throughout the book, please.