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Originally Posted by Laine
I find that I can handle spelling errors - after all I'm used to reading English and American books.
But there are some errors that throw me out of reader trance. I recently read a Regency Romance set in England where someone was walking along listening to the sound of the mockingbirds. There were no mockingbirds in my Observers Book of British Birds.
I think either the job of editor is being phased out or standards for emloyment as editor are dropping.
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Is it the job of the editor to remove such things? You'll need a brilliant editor then, somebody who knows everything....
I've not had a badly proofed book (yet), only one book I have does have a chapter at the wrong location (at the end of the book). (and some minor spelling mistakes, which I also find in the printed books)