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Originally Posted by Quoth
Yes, many SF & F series are really serials. A serial absolutely needs read / listened/watched in order.
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Sometimes I can glide past this. Tonight, for whatever reason, I just can't do it. The sentence "A serial absolutely needs read / listened/watched in order" is missing the "
to be". I only started seeing this in general use about 10 years ago...I'm not sure exactly why people think that it's ok to do this, but it's very jarring to me. If I notice it being used in a book that I'm reading it's one of the few things that will cause me to put a book to the side and leave it unfinished...especially if the story isn't keeping me occupied.
Quoth, I don't want you to think that I'm singling you out with this, it just happened to be your sentence that pushed me over the edge tonight.
Shari (full time reader, part time grammar nazi)