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Originally Posted by theducks
1) Homophones used Grrr: Brake vs Break, lose vs loose
2) Technical errors: Spark plugs in a Diesel
3) Planet based terms in space (SF) Ground floor of a Space ship
4) Vulgarity for Vulgarity's sake. Does nothing to define the character or move the story forward (ex Navy here, I do not have tender ears  ) |
All of these, plus: punctuation that is italicized when it shouldn't be, as in "Have you read this morning's
New York Times?" where the question mark is italicized. The name of the paper is
New York Times, not
New York Times?