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Originally Posted by Elsi
Oh, and by the way, the proper question would have said, "How do you think this will affect your likelihood to buy ..." One would think that someone at a publishing house would know the difference between affect and effect.
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Elsi, why would you assume that this particular publisher has any command of English grammar/language or cares about it? Several of the questions and/or offered responses were nonsensical.
Besides, publishers are tightening their expense belt in order to increase quarterly returns for shareholders. Consequently, many publishers have determined that the easiest way to save money is by eliminating the grammar editors. Afterall, if it shows up correctly in Microsoft Word, it must be OK
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Also, one would think that a company like HarperCollins would name its press so that one could not mistakenly go to a wrong website. But if you simply type
www.angryrobots.com, you end up at someone else's site. You've got to remember that its AngryRobotBooks.