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Can I jump in here with an observation? I recently converted my entire John D. MacDonald collection to epub, passing them through Microsoft Word (a really old version) in the process. Of course I ran the spell check, which checks grammar as well. This tool flagged many "grammatical" and "spelling" errors which (<--there's one of 'em!--Word suggested "that") if changed, would change the entire feel of the story!
So, in my opinion, taking liberties with grammar, playing with words in a manner that will give your spellchecker angina pain, are what changes a "vanilla" story into something special.
Just my two cents.
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