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Originally Posted by HistoryWes
...specifically he wanted to correct the grammar in the dialog of characters who were supposed to speak incorrect grammar.
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Argghh. That's a lousy editor. This isn't English class.
Creative writing. Fiction at that. Run like hell.
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Originally Posted by HistoryWes
You can read through a familiar line many times without noticing that through should have been though or thought.
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Yep, like I was talking about earlier. Why I use Natural Reader to have the computer read it back. That stuff screams at you loud and clear. As well, the mysterious case of the missing word. I have had errors which I proofread dozens of time, my editor went over, and still, in the end when I had the computer read it back, a word was completely missing. Hearing it is totally different from reading it. Our minds fill in the missing word every time we view the sentence. Crazy. In some cases I couldn't believe it, and went back to check. Sure enough, it was missing all along. Another great reason to have the computer read the manuscript.